CVE-2022-44710: DirectX Graphics Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Overview

Severity
High (CVSS 7.8)
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Category
Elevation of Privilege
Exploit Status
Not Exploited
Exploitation Likelihood
Less Likely
Publicly Disclosed
Yes
Patch Tuesday
2022-Dec
Released
2022-12-13
EPSS Score
0.82% (percentile: 74.4%)

FAQ

What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability? An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain SYSTEM privileges. 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. According to the CVSS metric, a successful exploitation could lead to a scope change (S:C). What does this mean for this vulnerability? This vulnerability could lead to a contained execution environment escape. Please refer to AppContainer Isolation for more information.

Affected Products (2)

Windows

  • Windows 11 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems

Security Updates (1)

Acknowledgments

<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/luka-pribanic/">Luka Pribani </a><a href="https://github.com/luxzg/ ">luxzg</a>

Revision History

  • 2022-12-13: Information published.