CVE-2022-44689

published 2022-12-13

CVE-2022-44689: Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Priority P3 39 high 7.8 CVSS 3.1

AV L AC L PR L UI N S U C H I H A H

Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Affected

27 ranges · showing 25

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
microsoft	windows_10	—	—
microsoft	windows_10	—	—
microsoft	windows_10	—	—
microsoft	windows_10	—	—
microsoft	windows_10	—	—
microsoft	windows_10_version_1809	>= 10.0.0 < 10.0.17763.3770	10.0.17763.3770
microsoft	windows_10_version_1809	>= 10.0.17763.0 < 10.0.17763.3770	10.0.17763.3770
microsoft	windows_10_version_20h2	>= 10.0.0 < 10.0.19042.2364	10.0.19042.2364
microsoft	windows_10_version_21h1	>= 10.0.0 < 10.0.19043.2364	10.0.19043.2364
microsoft	windows_10_version_21h2	>= 10.0.19044.0 < 10.0.19044.2364	10.0.19044.2364
microsoft	windows_10_version_22h2	>= 10.0.19045.0 < 10.0.19045.2364	10.0.19045.2364
microsoft	windows_11	—	—
microsoft	windows_11_version_21h2	>= 10.0.22000.0 < 10.0.22000.1335	10.0.22000.1335
microsoft	windows_11_version_22h2	>= 10.0.22621.0 < 10.0.22621.993	10.0.22621.993
microsoft	windows_server_2019	>= 10.0.17763.0 < 10.0.17763.3770	10.0.17763.3770
microsoft	windows_server_2022	>= 10.0.20348.0 < 10.0.20348.1366	10.0.20348.1366
microsoft	windows_subsystem_for_linux	>= 5.0.0.0 < 1.0.3	1.0.3
msrc	windows_10_version_1809	—	—
msrc	windows_10_version_20h2	—	—
msrc	windows_10_version_21h1	—	—
msrc	windows_10_version_21h2	—	—
msrc	windows_10_version_22h2	—	—
msrc	windows_11_version_21h2	—	—
msrc	windows_11_version_22h2	—	—
msrc	windows_server_2019	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 7.8 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

vendor_msrc 7.8 HIGH

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