Published: 09/02/2022 Updated: 08/08/2023

CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.2 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 3.9

CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 1.8

VMScore: 642

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

Windows Print Spooler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

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The Windows Print Spooler has a privilege escalation vulnerability that can be leveraged to achieve code execution as SYSTEM The SpoolDirectory, a configuration setting that holds the path that a printer's spooled jobs are sent to, is writable for all users, and it can be configured via SetPrinterDataEx() provided the caller has the PRINTER_ACCESS ...

A Privilege Escalation Vulnerability In Windows Print Spooler On Feb 9, 2022: The US Cyber in Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the Windows Print Spooler vulnerability to their list of actively exploited vulnerabilities The vulnerability was identified as CVE-2022–22718 with the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) score rated as high at 72 This CVE ID

SpoolFool Exploit for CVE-2022–22718 - Windows Print Spooler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (LPE) Details The provided exploit should work by default on all Windows desktop versions Please see the blog post for full technical details here Usage PS C:\SpoolFool> \SpoolFoolexe SpoolFool By Oliver Lyak (@ly4k_) Examples: C:\SpoolFool\SpoolFoolexe -dll

Microsoft manages a mere 51 security fixes for February update bundle

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Patch Tuesday Microsoft for its February Patch Tuesday gave Windows admins just 51 fixes to apply, the smallest number of patches since the meager ration of 44 in August 2021. February tends to be a slow month for repairs because bugs left untended over the winter holidays often get dealt with in January, leaving not all that much for the following month. Perhaps more noteworthy is that there's not a single critical CVE listed in the February patch list. Fifty of the fixes are rated Important wh...

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