CVE-2022-21871: Microsoft Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Runtime Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High severity · published Jan 11, 2022

CVE-2022-21871

Microsoft Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Runtime Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

7.8

CVSS

0.7%

EPSS

On KEV

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack vector

Local

Complexity

Low

Privileges

Low

User interaction

None

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Scope

Unchanged

Exploitation

Is it being used?

Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 52% of CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet

CISA KEVNot listed

Ransomware campaign useNot known

Affected products

Which versions

Windows · Microsoft

2022 · source: NVD

Visual Studio 2017 · Microsoft

15.0 before 15.9.44 · source: NVD

Visual Studio 2019 · Microsoft

16.0 before 16.7.25; 16.8 before 16.9.17 · source: NVD

Windows 10 1507 · Microsoft

before 10.0.10240.19177; before 10.0.10240.19177 · source: NVD

Windows 10 1607 · Microsoft

before 10.0.14393.4886; before 10.0.14393.4886 · source: NVD

Windows 10 1809 · Microsoft

before 10.0.17763.2452 · source: NVD

Windows 10 1909 · Microsoft

before 10.0.18363.2037 · source: NVD

Windows 10 20h2 · Microsoft

before 10.0.19042.1466 · source: NVD

Windows 10 21h1 · Microsoft

before 10.0.19043.1466 · source: NVD

Windows 10 21h2 · Microsoft

before 10.0.19044.1466 · source: NVD

Windows 11 21h2 · Microsoft

before 10.0.22000.434 · source: NVD

Windows Server 2016 · Microsoft

20h2 · source: NVD

Affected product

Windows

Microsoft

All Windows CVEs

References

NVD

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-21871

CVE.org

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-21871

msrc.microsoft.com

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-21871

portal.msrc.microsoft.com

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2022-21871