01 Record
CVE-2022-21989
Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: microsoft
CNA base score7.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
02 Description
Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.19% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2022-02-09 16:36Z4 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-01-02 18:28Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-12-16
- Assigning CNA
- microsoft
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 3143d191976d67297bc06d136d97dc3f331a6529cfdad00e3af148e6b9dd3b61
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 180910.0.17763.0 to < 10.0.17763.2565, 10.0.0 to < 10.0.17763.256532-bit Systems, x64-based Systems, ARM64-based Systems
MicrosoftWindows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)10.0.17763.0 to < 10.0.17763.2565x64-based Systems
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 190910.0.0 to < 10.0.18363.209432-bit Systems, x64-based Systems, ARM64-based Systems
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 21H110.0.0 to < 10.0.19043.1526x64-based Systems, ARM64-based Systems, 32-bit Systems
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 21H210.0.19043.0 to < 10.0.19044.152632-bit Systems, ARM64-based Systems, x64-based Systems
MicrosoftWindows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)10.0.14393.0 to < 10.0.14393.4946x64-based Systems
MicrosoftWindows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)6.0.6003.0 to < 6.0.6003.2137432-bit Systems, x64-based Systems
MicrosoftWindows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)6.1.7601.0 to < 6.1.7601.25860x64-based Systems
MicrosoftWindows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)6.2.9200.0 to < 6.2.9200.23605x64-based Systems
MicrosoftWindows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)6.3.9600.0 to < 6.3.9600.20269x64-based Systems
06 References
- msrc.microsoft.comWindows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilityhttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-21989