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Windows Cleanup Manager Elevation of Privilege...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published Jan 12, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Nov 14, 2024

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

Windows Cleanup Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jan 11, 2022
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jan 12, 2022
Last updated Nov 14, 2024

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(60th percentile)

Weaknesses

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2022-21838

GHSA ID

GHSA-qgrx-jqwh-wcx9

Source code

No known source code

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