Local privilege escalation through storage race condition
Published Oct 11, 2022 · Updated Jan 2, 2025
A race condition in Microsoft Windows Storage allows local users with low privileges to elevate privileges on affected Windows systems. Microsoft identifies improper synchronization of a shared resource but has not disclosed the storage component, operation, or attacker-controlled input involved. Successful exploitation crosses a local security boundary and grants higher privileges; the resulting account level is not public.
Summary
What happened
A race condition in Microsoft Windows Storage allows local users with low privileges to elevate privileges on affected Windows systems. Microsoft identifies improper synchronization of a shared resource but has not disclosed the storage component, operation, or attacker-controlled input involved. Successful exploitation crosses a local security boundary and grants higher privileges; the resulting account level is not public.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-38027
- Published
- Oct 11, 2022
- Updated
- Jan 2, 2025
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows 10 Version 1507
- Classifications
- CWE-362, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Oct 11, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jan 2, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=10.0.10240.0 <10.0.10240.19507
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