CVE-2022-21871: Microsoft Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Runtime Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Overview

Severity

High (CVSS 7)

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

Category

Elevation of Privilege

Exploit Status

Not Exploited

Exploitation Likelihood

Less Likely

Patch Tuesday

2022-Jan

Released

2022-01-11

Last Updated

2022-02-08

EPSS Score

0.31% (percentile: 54.5%)

Affected Products (31)

Windows

• Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems
• Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
• Windows 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems
• Windows Server 2019
• Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
• Windows 10 Version 1909 for 32-bit Systems
• Windows 10 Version 1909 for x64-based Systems
• Windows 10 Version 1909 for ARM64-based Systems
• Windows 10 Version 21H1 for x64-based Systems
• Windows 10 Version 21H1 for ARM64-based Systems
• Windows 10 Version 21H1 for 32-bit Systems
• Windows Server 2022
• Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)
• Windows 10 Version 20H2 for 32-bit Systems
• Windows 10 Version 20H2 for ARM64-based Systems
• Windows Server, version 20H2 (Server Core Installation)
• Windows 11 version 21H2 for x64-based Systems
• Windows 11 version 21H2 for ARM64-based Systems
• Windows 10 Version 21H2 for 32-bit Systems
• Windows 10 Version 21H2 for ARM64-based Systems
• Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based Systems
• Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems
• Windows 10 for x64-based Systems
• Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
• Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
• Windows Server 2016
• Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)

Developer Tools

• Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8)
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.7 (includes 16.0 – 16.6)
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.9 (includes 16.0 - 16.8)
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Update 3

Security Updates (11)

• 5009557
• 5009545
• 5009543
• 5009555
• 5009566
• 5009585
• 5009546
• Release Notes
• Release Notes
• Release Notes
• 5011164

Revision History

• 2022-01-11: Information published.
• 2022-02-08: In the Security Updates table, added the following versions of Visual Studio as they also affected by CVE-2022-21871: Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.9, Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.7, Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9, and Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Update 3. Microsoft strongly recommends that customers running any of these versions of Visual Studio install the updates to be fully protected from the vulnerability. Customers whose systems are configured to receive automatic updates do not need to take any further action.