Summary
afd.sys in the Ancillary Function Driver in Microsoft Windows does not properly validate user-mode input passed to kernel mode, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application.
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Ancillary Function Driver (afd.sys)
- Added to KEV
- Mar 28, 2022
- Remediation due
- Apr 18, 2022 (US federal deadline)
- Ransomware use
- Not known
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- EPSS
- 31.8% as of Nov 12
In the news
- No Asia-Pacific article names this CVE yet.
Linked
Actors named alongside it:
none
Incidents exploiting it:
- none recorded
References