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Microsoft Windows: CVE-2022-44689: Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

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Microsoft Windows: CVE-2022-44689: Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/13/2022
Created
12/14/2022
Added
12/13/2022
Modified
07/22/2024

Description

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

Solution(s)

  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1809-kb5021237
  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-20h2-kb5021233
  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-21h1-kb5021233
  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-21h2-kb5021233
  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-22h2-kb5021233
  • microsoft-windows-windows_11-21h2-kb5021234
  • microsoft-windows-windows_11-22h2-kb5021255
  • microsoft-windows-windows_server_2022-21h2-kb5021249
  • microsoft-windows-windows_server_2022-22h2-kb5021249
  • msft-kb5021237-446bbb5d-743f-486c-94dc-61c3dce48e75

References

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