01 Record
CVE-2022-26928
Windows Photo Import API Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: microsoft
CNA base score7.0 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
02 Description
Windows Photo Import API Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.79% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 55.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.0 (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:U/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
- 2022-09-13 18:41Z4 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-03-11 16:10Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2022-03-11
- Assigning CNA
- microsoft
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.0)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')Class
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 869b663a82f8344934df366f09149cbb9df588421a2dda296f88226799388545
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 180910.0.17763.0 to < 10.0.17763.4131, 10.0.0 to < 10.0.17763.413132-bit Systems, x64-based Systems, ARM64-based Systems
MicrosoftWindows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)10.0.17763.0 to < 10.0.17763.4131x64-based Systems
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 21H110.0.0 to < 10.0.19043.2006x64-based Systems, ARM64-based Systems, 32-bit Systems
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 21H210.0.19043.0 to < 10.0.19044.296532-bit Systems, ARM64-based Systems, x64-based Systems
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 22H210.0.19045.0 to < 10.0.19045.2965x64-based Systems, ARM64-based Systems, 32-bit Systems
MicrosoftWindows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)10.0.14393.0 to < 10.0.14393.5786x64-based Systems
06 References
- msrc.microsoft.comWindows Photo Import API Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilityhttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-26928