Summary
The EPATHOBJ::pprFlattenRec function in win32k.sys in the kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft does not properly initialize a pointer for the next object in a certain list, which allows local users to gain privileges.
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Win32k
- Added to KEV
- Mar 28, 2022
- Remediation due
- Apr 18, 2022 (US federal deadline)
- Ransomware use
- Not known
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- EPSS
- 39.3% 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