CVE-2022-35760: Microsoft ATA Port Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Overview

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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-Aug

Released

2022-08-09

EPSS Score

1.11% (percentile: 78.2%)

FAQ

According to the CVSS metric, user interaction is required (UI:R). What interaction would the user have to do? This vulnerability could be triggered when a windows client connects to a malicious remote share. What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability? A domain user could use this vulnerability to elevate privileges to SYSTEM assigned integrity level.

Affected Products (35)

Windows

• Windows 10 Version 21H1 for x64-based Systems
• Windows 10 Version 21H2 for 32-bit Systems
• Windows 10 Version 21H1 for ARM64-based Systems
• Windows 11 version 21H2 for ARM64-based Systems
• Windows 10 Version 21H1 for 32-bit Systems
• Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)
• Windows 10 Version 21H2 for ARM64-based Systems
• Windows Server 2022
• Windows 11 version 21H2 for x64-based Systems
• Windows 10 Version 20H2 for ARM64-based Systems
• Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based Systems
• Windows 10 Version 20H2 for 32-bit Systems
• Windows 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems
• Windows Server, version 20H2 (Server Core Installation)
• Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
• Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
• Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems
• Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
• Windows Server 2019
• Windows Server 2016
• Windows 10 for x64-based Systems
• Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems
• Windows 8.1 for 32-bit systems
• Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
• Windows RT 8.1
• Windows 8.1 for x64-based systems
• Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems

ESU

• Windows Server 2012
• Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)
• Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
• Windows Server 2012 R2
• Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)
• Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
• Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1
• Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)

Security Updates (12)

• 5016616
• 5016629
• 5016627
• 5016672
• 5016684
• 5016623
• 5016622
• 5016639
• 5016681
• 5016683
• 5016676
• 5016679

Acknowledgments

<a href="https://twitter.com/ecthr0s">George Hughey</a> with MSRC Vulnerabilities and Mitigations

Revision History

• 2022-08-09: Information published.