Known Exploited Vulnerability
8.8
HIGH
CVE-2022-26923
Microsoft Active Directory Domain Services Privile - [Actively Exploited]
Description

Active Directory Domain Services Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

INFO

Published Date :

May 10, 2022, 9:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 6:54 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

2.8
CISA Notification
CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)

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Description :

An authenticated user could manipulate attributes on computer accounts they own or manage, and acquire a certificate from Active Directory Certificate Services that would allow for privilege escalation to SYSTEM.

Required Action :

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Notes :

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2022-26923; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-26923

Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2022-26923 has a 51 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2022-26923 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Microsoft windows_10
2 Microsoft windows_8.1
3 Microsoft windows_rt_8.1
4 Microsoft windows_server_2012
5 Microsoft windows_server_2016
6 Microsoft windows_server_2019
7 Microsoft windows_10_1607
8 Microsoft windows_10_1809
9 Microsoft windows_10_20h2
10 Microsoft windows_10_21h2
11 Microsoft windows_server_2022
12 Microsoft windows_11_21h2
13 Microsoft windows_11
14 Microsoft windows_10_1507
15 Microsoft windows_10_21h1
16 Microsoft windows_10_1909
17 Microsoft windows_server_20h2
18 Microsoft windows_server_2012_r2
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2022-26923.

URL Resource
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2022-26923 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2022-26923 Patch Vendor Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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All CVE - PoC in GitHub

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Updated: 3 weeks, 3 days ago
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Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2022-26923 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

  • Cybersecurity News
Evasive Malware Campaign Leverages CleverSoar Installer & Nidhogg Rootkit

CleverSoar Attack Flow | Image: Rapid7Rapid7 Labs has uncovered a sophisticated malware campaign employing the newly identified CleverSoar installer, a highly evasive threat targeting Chinese and Viet ... Read more

Published Date: Nov 29, 2024 (2 weeks, 5 days ago)
  • Cybersecurity News
LodaRAT Strikes Again: New Campaign Targets Global Victims with Updated Capabilities

Researchers at Rapid7 have uncovered a fresh campaign using LodaRAT, a well-known remote access tool (RAT) that has been active since 2016. Initially developed for information gathering, LodaRAT has b ... Read more

Published Date: Nov 15, 2024 (1 month ago)
  • Cybersecurity News
CVE-2024-38094 Exploited: Attackers Gain Domain Access via Microsoft SharePoint Server

Image: Rapid7A recent report from Rapid7’s Incident Response team reveals a serious compromise of a Microsoft SharePoint server that enabled an attacker to gain entire domain access, impacting critica ... Read more

Published Date: Nov 01, 2024 (1 month, 2 weeks ago)
  • Cybersecurity News
CyberVolk: From Hacktivism to Ransomware – Researcher Exposes New Threat

CyberVolk dialog window | Image: Rapid7Cybersecurity researchers at Rapid7 Labs have released a detailed report on CyberVolk, a politically motivated hacktivist group that transitioned into using rans ... Read more

Published Date: Oct 07, 2024 (2 months, 1 week ago)
  • Cybersecurity News
Cloud Attack: Extortionists Breach AWS, Expose 90,000 Variables

High-level example of the threat actor's operational architecture | Image: Unit 42Palo Alto Networks has uncovered a large-scale ransomware campaign that has impacted over 100,000 domains. The perpetr ... Read more

Published Date: Aug 19, 2024 (3 months, 4 weeks ago)
  • Cybersecurity News
Cybercriminals Evolve Social Engineering Tactics, Exploit CVE-2022-26923 in Sophisticated Campaign

Credential harvester prompt spawned by `AntiSpam.exe | Image: Rapid7 Recently, cybersecurity firm Rapid7 identified a series of sophisticated intrusion attempts linked to an ongoing social engineering ... Read more

Published Date: Aug 17, 2024 (4 months ago)
  • The Cyber Express
Malware Payloads, Tactics Identified in Active AnyDesk and Microsoft Teams Social Engineering Campaign

On June 20, 2024, security researchers identified multiple intrusion attempts by threat actors utilizing techniques, tactics, and procedures (TTPs) consistent with an ongoing social engineering campai ... Read more

Published Date: Aug 14, 2024 (4 months ago)

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2022-26923 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2022-26923
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 28, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:20h2:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:20h2:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:20h2:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:21h1:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:21h1:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:21h1:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:21h2:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:21h2:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:21h2:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1607:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1607:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1809:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1809:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1809:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1909:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1909:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1909:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11:-:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1507:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.10240.19297 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1607:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.14393.5850 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.17763.4252 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1909:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.18363.2274 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_20h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.19042.1706 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.19043.1706 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.19044.1706 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_21h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.22000.1817 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_rt_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.14393.5850 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.17763.4252 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.20348.1668
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 21, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description Active Directory Domain Services Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability. Active Directory Domain Services Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE NVD-CWE-noinfo CWE-295
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 18, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Changed Reference Type https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2022-26923 No Types Assigned https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2022-26923 Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST NVD-CWE-noinfo
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:20h2:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:20h2:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:20h2:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:21h1:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:21h1:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:21h1:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:21h2:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:21h2:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:21h2:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1607:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1607:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1809:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1809:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1809:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1909:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1909:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1909:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11:-:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2022-26923 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2022-26923 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.37 }} -3.31%

score

0.72196

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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