CVE-2022-38014 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00071.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Microsoft	Azure Iot Edge For Linux Windows Subsystem For Linux

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:azure_iot_edge_for_linux:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_subsystem_for_linux:-:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-40620	Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-38014

History

Thu, 02 Jan 2025 21:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:azure_eflow:-:::::::*
Vendors & Products	Microsoft azure Eflow

Tue, 15 Oct 2024 14:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2022-11-09T00:00:00

Updated: 2025-01-02T21:31:20.330Z

Reserved: 2022-08-08T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2022-38014

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T10:37:42.621Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-09T22:15:15.367

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:15:34.600

Link: CVE-2022-38014

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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