CVE-2022-44704 (GCVE-0-2022-44704)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-12-13 00:00
Modified
2025-07-22 17:49
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CWE
  • Elevation of Privilege
Summary
Microsoft Windows System Monitor (Sysmon) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Microsoft Windows Sysmon Version: 1.0   < 14.13
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