CVE-2022-21999
Windows Print Spooler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- microsoft
Description
Windows Print Spooler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Microsoft Windows Print Spooler Privilege Escalation Vulnerability.
- Added
- 25 Mar 2022
- Fix due (US federal)
- 15 Apr 2022
- Used by ransomware
- Known
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoftCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.8 | 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 |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 41.0% · top 1.3% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1809
- affected 10.0.17763.0 – < 10.0.17763.2565
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1809
- affected 10.0.0 – < 10.0.17763.2565
Microsoft · Windows Server 2019
- affected 10.0.17763.0 – < 10.0.17763.2565
Microsoft · Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
- affected 10.0.17763.0 – < 10.0.17763.2565
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1909
- affected 10.0.0 – < 10.0.18363.2094
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 21H1
- affected 10.0.0 – < 10.0.19043.1526
Microsoft · Windows Server 2022
- affected 10.0.20348.0 – < 10.0.20348.524
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 20H2
- affected 10.0.0 – < 10.0.19042.1526
Microsoft · Windows Server version 20H2
- affected 10.0.0 – < 10.0.19042.1526
Microsoft · Windows 11 version 21H2
- affected 10.0.0 – < 10.0.22000.493
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 21H2
- affected 10.0.19043.0 – < 10.0.19044.1526
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1507
- affected 10.0.10240.0 – < 10.0.10240.19204
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1607
- affected 10.0.14393.0 – < 10.0.14393.4946
Microsoft · Windows Server 2016
- affected 10.0.14393.0 – < 10.0.14393.4946
Microsoft · Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
- affected 10.0.14393.0 – < 10.0.14393.4946
- affected 6.1.0 – < 6.1.7601.25860
Microsoft · Windows 7 Service Pack 1
- affected 6.1.0 – < 6.1.7601.25860
- affected 6.3.0 – < 6.3.9600.20269
Microsoft · Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2
- affected 6.0.6003.0 – < 6.0.6003.21374
Microsoft · Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)
- affected 6.0.6003.0 – < 6.0.6003.21374
Microsoft · Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2
- affected 6.0.6003.0 – < 6.0.6003.21374
Microsoft · Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1
- affected 6.1.7601.0 – < 6.1.7601.25860
Microsoft · Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)
- affected 6.1.7601.0 – < 6.1.7601.25860
Microsoft · Windows Server 2012
- affected 6.2.9200.0 – < 6.2.9200.23605
Microsoft · Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)
- affected 6.2.9200.0 – < 6.2.9200.23605
Microsoft · Windows Server 2012 R2
- affected 6.3.9600.0 – < 6.3.9600.20269
Microsoft · Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)
- affected 6.3.9600.0 – < 6.3.9600.20269
References (2)
- Windows Print Spooler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-21999 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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