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CVE-2022-21997 · Windows Print Spooler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

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Severity
Important
Impact
Elevation of Privilege
CVSS
7.1 base · 6.2 temporal
Release
2022-02-08
Signals
Windows Print Spooler Components Elevation of Privilege Exploited: No Publicly disclosed: No Exploitability: Exploitation Less Likely
CWE
No CWE data published.
Patch Diff
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Description
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FAQ
What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability? An attacker would only be able to delete targeted files on a system. They would not gain privileges to view or modify file contents.