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Microsoft Windows Print Spooler Privilege Escalation

Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows Print Spooler service contains a privilege escalation vulnerability. An attacker may modify a JavaScript constraints file and execute it with SYSTEM-level permissions. Added to the CISA KEV catalog on 2024-04-23. CVE-2022-38028 was assigned before 2024; the KEV listing came in 2024.

Why this severity: CVSS 7.8 (v3.1, CNA), actively exploited (CISA KEV)

Started: Apr 23, 2024
Closed: Apr 23, 2024
CVE: CVE-2022-38028

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Updated Apr 23, 2024

Affected

See vendor advisory (versions are not listed in the KEV record)

Fixed in

See vendor advisory linked in sources

Timeline1

Apr 23, 2024
CISA added CVE-2022-38028 to the KEV catalog (federal deadline 2024-05-14)
Source

Advisories3

Notes & caveats

Derived from the CISA KEV JSON feed (catalogVersion 2026.10.21); CVSS from the CVE record (cveawg.mitre.org). startedAt is the CVE publication date when it fell in 2024 before the KEV listing, else the KEV dateAdded; exploitation may have begun earlier. closedAt is the KEV listing date (a fix or mitigation was available then unless noted).

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