CVE-2022-21999

Windows Print Spooler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 4.6 MEDIUM

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

4.6^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-21999	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-21999	Patch Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1507::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1607::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1909::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_20h2::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h1::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h2::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_21h2::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_rt_8.1:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:::::x64:*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_20h2::::::::

History

21 Nov 2024, 06:45

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-21999 - Patch, Vendor Advisory~~	() https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-21999 - Patch, Vendor Advisory

16 Jul 2024, 17:47

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:20h2::::::x64: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-::::::x64: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:20h2::::::x86: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11:-::::::arm64: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1909::::::arm64: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:21h1::::::x64: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:21h2::::::x64: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server:20h2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:::::x64:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-::::::x86: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1909::::::x64: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:21h1::::::arm64: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:-:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server:2022:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:21h2::::::arm64: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:-:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1607::::::x64: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1809::::::x86: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:21h2::::::x86: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:20h2::::::arm64: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:21h1::::::x86: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:::::x86:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1909::::::x86: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1809::::::arm64: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1809::::::x64: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11:-::::::x64: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-::::::x64: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:sp1::::::x64: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-::::::x86: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1607::::::x86: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:sp1::::::x86:	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1507:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1909:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_21h2:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h2:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h1:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_20h2:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1607:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_20h2::::::::
References	~~() https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-21999 -~~	() https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-21999 - Patch, Vendor Advisory
First Time		Microsoft windows 11 21h2 Microsoft windows 10 1909 Microsoft windows 10 1507 Microsoft windows 10 21h1 Microsoft windows 10 20h2 Microsoft windows 10 1809 Microsoft windows 10 1607 Microsoft windows Server 20h2 Microsoft windows Server 2022 Microsoft windows 10 21h2

08 Aug 2023, 14:22

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE	~~CWE-269~~	CWE-22 CWE-59

29 Jun 2023, 05:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	{'url': 'https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2022-21999', 'name': 'https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2022-21999', 'tags': ['Patch', 'Vendor Advisory'], 'refsource': 'MISC'} {'url': 'http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166344/Windows-SpoolFool-Privilege-Escalation.html', 'name': 'http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166344/Windows-SpoolFool-Privilege-Escalation.html', 'tags': ['Exploit', 'Third Party Advisory', 'VDB Entry'], 'refsource': 'MISC'}	(MISC) https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-21999 -
Summary	~~Windows Print Spooler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2022-21997, CVE-2022-22717, CVE-2022-22718.~~	Windows Print Spooler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

26 May 2022, 20:30

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~(MISC) http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166344/Windows-SpoolFool-Privilege-Escalation.html -~~	(MISC) http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166344/Windows-SpoolFool-Privilege-Escalation.html - Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

16 Mar 2022, 19:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		(MISC) http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166344/Windows-SpoolFool-Privilege-Escalation.html -

14 Feb 2022, 18:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE		cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-::::::x64: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:20h2::::::x86: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:-:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:::::x86:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1607::::::x86: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11:-::::::arm64: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-::::::x86: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1607::::::x64: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server:20h2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:20h2::::::x64: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-::::::x86: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1809::::::x86: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_rt_8.1:-:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:21h1::::::arm64: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:21h2::::::x86: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:sp1::::::x86: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:21h2::::::arm64: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:::::x64:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:20h2::::::arm64: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1909::::::x86: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1909::::::arm64: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:21h1::::::x86: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11:-::::::x64: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1809::::::x64: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server:2022:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1909::::::x64: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:sp1::::::x64: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1809::::::arm64: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:::::x64:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:21h1::::::x64: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:21h2::::::x64: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:-:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-::::::x64:
CWE		CWE-269
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~7.8~~	v2 : 4.6 v3 : 7.8
References	~~(MISC) https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2022-21999 -~~	(MISC) https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2022-21999 - Patch, Vendor Advisory

09 Feb 2022, 17:35

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2022-02-09 17:15

Updated : 2025-02-24 15:49

NVD link : CVE-2022-21999

Mitre link : CVE-2022-21999

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-21999

JSON object : View

Products Affected

microsoft

windows_server_20h2
windows_10_1909
windows_10_21h2
windows_server_2016
windows_server_2019
windows_10_21h1
windows_10_1607
windows_server_2022
windows_10_20h2
windows_rt_8.1
windows_10_1809
windows_11_21h2
windows_10_1507
windows_8.1
windows_7
windows_server_2008
windows_server_2012

CWE

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CWE-59

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

7.8 /10