CVE-2022-26938: Storage Spaces Direct 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-May

Released

2022-05-10

EPSS Score

0.23% (percentile: 46.2%)

FAQ

According to the CVSS metric, the attack complexity is high (AC:H). What does that mean for this vulnerability? Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires an attacker to win a race condition.

Affected Products (7)

Windows

• Windows Server 2019
• Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
• Windows Server 2022
• Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)
• Windows Server, version 20H2 (Server Core Installation)
• Windows Server 2016
• Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)

Security Updates (4)

• 5013941
• 5013944
• 5013942
• 5013952

Acknowledgments

k0shl with Kunlun Lab

Revision History

• 2022-05-10: Information published.