HP Factory Preinstalled Images Windows 10 PrivEsc via Unrestricted File Exec
CVE-2022-38396 Published on February 12, 2023

HP Factory Preinstalled Images on certain systems that shipped with Windows 10 versions 20H2 and earlier OS versions might allow escalation of privilege via execution of certain files outside the restricted path. This potential vulnerability was remediated starting with Windows 10 versions 21H2 on October 31, 2021.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2022-38396 is exploitable with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.

Attack Vector:
LOCAL
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
LOW
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Products Associated with CVE-2022-38396

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Microsoft Windows 10
 
Microsoft Windows 10 1909
 
Microsoft Windows 10 1703
 
Microsoft Windows 10 1709
 
Microsoft Windows 10 1803
 
Microsoft Windows 10 1807
 
Microsoft Windows 10 2004
 
Microsoft Windows 10 1511
 
Microsoft Windows 10 1507
 

Affected Versions

HP Inc. HP Factory Preinstalled Windows 10 20H2 Images Version See HP Security Bulletin reference for affected versions. is affected by CVE-2022-38396

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.57%
Percentile
68.10%

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