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CVE-2022-23266

Microsoft Defender for IoT Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Severity Score

7.8
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

Microsoft Defender for IoT Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Una vulnerabilidad de Elevación de Privilegios de Microsoft Defender for IoT

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Microsoft Azure Defender for IoT. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability.
The specific flaw exists within the password change mechanism. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to execute a system call. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of root.

*Credits: Simon Zuckerbraun - Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
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
  • 2022-01-15 CVE Reserved
  • 2022-03-09 CVE Published
  • 2025-01-02 CVE Updated
  • 2025-01-15 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
CAPEC
References (1)
URL Tag Source
URL Date SRC
URL Date SRC
URL Date SRC
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-23266 2023-08-08
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Microsoft
Search vendor "Microsoft"
 Defender For Iot
Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Defender For Iot"
 < 22.1.2
Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Defender For Iot" and version " < 22.1.2"
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Affected