CVE-2022-42046 Privilege escalation in n/a
A local attacker can exploit a vulnerability in Windows drivers to escalate privileges to system level.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-42046?
CVE-2022-42046 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Dec 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
wfshbr64.sys and wfshbr32.sys specially crafted IOCTL allows arbitrary user to perform local privilege escalation
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-42046?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wfs Heaven Burns Red.
How do I fix CVE-2022-42046?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-42046 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2022-42046 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-42046 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jcr3-86q3-m6j8.