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CVE-2022-21882
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CVE-2022-21882
MITRE ATT&CK
Collection
Command and Control
Credential Access
Defense Evasion
Discovery
Execution
Exfiltration
Impact
Initial Access
Lateral Movement
Persistence
Privilege Escalation
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Description
Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
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Ratings
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Attacker ValueHigh
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ExploitabilityMedium
Technical Analysis
Looks like this is a LPE in win32k that is being exploited in the wild according to Microsoft to let attackers escalate their privileges to SYSTEM. Attack complexity on this is high which is understandable given the history of win32k and the complexities regarding its architecture which was built before modern security mitigations were implemented. With that being said though the finder of this bug, at https://twitter.com/b2ahex/status/1481233350840893442, notes that exploitation is easy and that this is a patch bypass for CVE-2021-1732, which was a window object type confusion leading to an OOB (out-of-bounds) write as noted by McAfee’s technical writeup at https://www.mcafee.com/blogs/enterprise/mcafee-enterprise-atr/technical-analysis-of-cve-2021-1732/.
Of particular note here is that they credit Big CJTeam of Tianfu Cup and RyeLv aka @b2ahex on Twitter for finding this vulnerability. They note that this was exploited in the wild but the mention of Tianfu Cup is interesting as it suggests this was also reported to China’s government via the Chinese Tianfu Cup hacking competition.
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Technical Analysis
A July 2024 bulletin from multiple U.S. government agencies indicates that North Korean state-sponsored attackers have demonstrated interest in this vulnerability — not immediately clear whether it was exploited or just used in reconnaissance/target selection: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa24-207a
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General Information
Vendors
- microsoft
Products
- windows 10 1809,
- windows 10 1909,
- windows 10 20h2,
- windows 10 21h1,
- windows 10 21h2,
- windows 11 21h2,
- windows server 2019,
- windows server 2022,
- windows server 20h2
Exploited in the Wild
- Vendor Advisory (https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2022-21882)
- Government or Industry Alert (https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog)
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