CVE-2022-26904

Microsoft Windows: User Profile Service Privilege Escalation

As of , CVE-2022-26904 in Microsoft Windows is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch this week.

Exploited
Yes: CISA listed it on 25 April 2022
US federal deadline
16 May 202221 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
Used in ransomware campaigns
Not known to CISA
EPSS score
0.17Higher than 96% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS when listed
0.05 on 25 April 2022EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
Public exploit
1 Metasploit module
Fix
No vendor link in CISA's entry

What CISA says to do

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA's required action

What the flaw is

Microsoft Windows User Profile Service contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation.

CISA's description

Windows User Profile Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

The CVE record's description, from microsoft

CVE published
15 April 2022
Assigned by
microsoft
CVSS
7.0 High (CVSS 3.1, from the CNA)
CWE-362
Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
CISA SSVC, exploitation
active
CISA SSVC, automatable
no
CISA SSVC, technical impact
total

Timeline

  1. The CVE record was published.
  2. CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
  3. The US federal deadline to fix it.

Public exploits

Facts from Metasploit's module list and Exploit-DB's index; we never copy exploit code.

  • Metasploit: User Profile Arbitrary Junction Creation Local Privilege Elevationexploit module, rank excellent

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