CVE-2022-21997
HighPublished
Windows Print Spooler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Published
- Feb 9, 2022
- Updated
- Jan 2, 2025
- Assigning CNA
- microsoft
- Evidence observed
- Aug 14, 2026
Primary CVSS
7.1/ 10High
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H0.8%
Low · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 54.5%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
Windows Print Spooler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Sources
1- patch-diffing-in-the-darkResearch
Leveraging patch diffing to discover new vulnerabilities
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