CVE-2022-21881

Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Severity Score

7.0

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Una vulnerabilidad de Elevación de Privilegios en Windows Kernel. Este ID de CVE es diferente de CVE-2022-21879

Whitepaper called Race Against the Sandbox - Root Cause Analysis of a Tianfu Cup bug that used a Ntoskrnl bug to escape the Google Chrome sandbox.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2021-12-14 CVE Reserved
2022-01-11 CVE Published
2022-08-09 First Exploit
2024-11-14 CVE Updated
2024-11-15 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168097/Race-Against-The-Sandbox.html	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/theabysslabs/CVE-2022-21881	2022-08-09

URL	Date	SRC
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2022-21881	2023-12-21

URL	Date	SRC
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-21881	2024-11-14

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 10 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10"				-		x64		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 10 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10"				-		x86		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 10 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10"				20h2 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10" and version "20h2"		arm64		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 10 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10"				20h2 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10" and version "20h2"		x64		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 10 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10"				20h2 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10" and version "20h2"		x86		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 10 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10"				21h1 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10" and version "21h1"		arm64		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 10 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10"				21h1 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10" and version "21h1"		x64		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 10 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10"				21h1 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10" and version "21h1"		x86		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 10 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10"				21h2 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10" and version "21h2"		arm64		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 10 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10"				21h2 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10" and version "21h2"		x64		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 10 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10"				21h2 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10" and version "21h2"		x86		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 10 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10"				1607 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10" and version "1607"		x64		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 10 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10"				1607 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10" and version "1607"		x86		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 10 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10"				1809 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10" and version "1809"		arm64		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 10 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10"				1809 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10" and version "1809"		x64		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 10 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10"				1809 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10" and version "1809"		x86		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 10 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10"				1909 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10" and version "1909"		arm64		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 10 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10"				1909 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10" and version "1909"		x64		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 10 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10"				1909 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10" and version "1909"		x86		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 8.1 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 8.1"				-		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 8.1 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 8.1"				-		rt		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Server Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Server"				20h2 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Server" and version "20h2"		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Server Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Server"				2022 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Server" and version "2022"		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Server 2012 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Server 2012"				-		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Server 2012 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Server 2012"				r2 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Server 2012" and version "r2"		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Server 2016 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Server 2016"				-		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Server 2019 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Server 2019"				-		-		Affected