CVE-2022-38021

Connected User Experiences and Telemetry Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVSS v3 7.0 HIGH

7.0^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.0 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-38021
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2022-38021	Patch Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:20h2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:21h1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:21h2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1607:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1809:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11:-::::::arm64:
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11:-::::::x64:
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11:22h2::::::arm64:
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11:22h2::::::x64:
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022:-:::::::*

History

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Information

Published : 2022-10-11 19:15

Updated : 2026-06-17 04:55

NVD link : CVE-2022-38021

Mitre link : CVE-2022-38021

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-38021

JSON object : View

Products Affected

microsoft

windows_11
windows_10
windows_server_2019
windows_server_2012
windows_server_2016
windows_server_2022

CWE

CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

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