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CVE-2022-38396 — Microsoft Windows 10 1507 security vulnerability

High CVSS 7.8

HP Factory Preinstalled Images on certain systems that shipped with Windows 10 versions 20H2 and earlier OS versions might allow escalation of privilege via execution of certain files outside the restricted path. This potential vulnerability was remediated starting with Windows 10 versions 21H2 on October 31, 2021.

Severity
High
CVSS
7.8 (3.1)
Published
2023-02-12
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
windows/system

Affected products

  • microsoft / windows_10_1507
  • microsoft / windows_10_1511
  • microsoft / windows_10_1607
  • microsoft / windows_10_1703
  • microsoft / windows_10_1709
  • microsoft / windows_10_1803

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General vulnerability remediation

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Check exposure

  • Confirm the affected component, deployment paths, reachable interfaces, and enabled features from inventories and configuration, without probing production destructively.
  • Compare the advisory's affected conditions with the repository lockfiles, build manifests, artifacts, and runtime inventory.
  • Identify data sensitivity, trust boundaries, and privilege level for every confirmed affected deployment.

Remediate safely

  • Apply a vendor-supported fix or remove the affected component or feature; record the selected change and its source in the repository.
  • Update direct and transitive dependency locks, generated artifacts, deployment manifests, and asset inventories together.
  • Add a regression test for the documented unsafe condition using inert inputs and preserve rollback instructions.

Authoritative sources

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