CVE-2022-41033 vulnerability in Microsoft Products
Published on October 11, 2022
Windows COM+ Event System Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Known Exploited Vulnerability
This Microsoft Windows COM+ Event System Service Privilege Escalation Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Microsoft Windows COM+ Event System Service contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation.
The following remediation steps are recommended / required by November 1, 2022: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2022-41033 can be exploited with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. It has an exploitability score of 1.8 out of four. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
What is an Object Type Confusion Vulnerability?
The program allocates or initializes a resource such as a pointer, object, or variable using one type, but it later accesses that resource using a type that is incompatible with the original type.
CVE-2022-41033 has been classified to as an Object Type Confusion vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2022-41033
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What versions are vulnerable to CVE-2022-41033?
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Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Version r2 sp1 x64
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Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Version r2
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Microsoft Windows 8.1 Version -
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Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Version - sp2
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Microsoft Windows 7 Version - sp1
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Microsoft Windows Rt 8 1 Version -
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Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Version -
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Microsoft Windows 11 22h2 Fixed in Version 10.0.22621.674
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Microsoft Windows 10 21h2 Fixed in Version 10.0.19044.2130
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Microsoft Windows 10 21h1 Fixed in Version 10.0.19043.2130
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Microsoft Windows 10 1809 Fixed in Version 10.0.17763.3532
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Microsoft Windows 10 1507 Fixed in Version 10.0.10240.19507
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Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Fixed in Version 10.0.14393.5427
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Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Fixed in Version 10.0.17763.3532
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Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Fixed in Version 10.0.20348.1129
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Microsoft Windows 10 20h2 Fixed in Version 10.0.19042.2130
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Microsoft Windows 11 21h2 Fixed in Version 10.0.22000.1098
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Microsoft Windows 10 1607 Fixed in Version 10.0.14393.5427