CVE-2022-41073

high

Description

Windows Print Spooler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

From the Tenable Blog

Microsoft’s November 2022 Patch Tuesday Addresses 62 CVEs (CVE-2022-41073)

Microsoft’s November 2022 Patch Tuesday Addresses 62 CVEs (CVE-2022-41073)

Published: 2022-11-08

Microsoft addresses 62 CVEs including four zero-day vulnerabilities that were exploited in the wild.

References

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-41073

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174528/Microsoft-Windows-Privilege-Escalation.html

https://www.edgescan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2023-Vulnerability-Statistics-Report.pdf

https://securelist.com/windows-vulnerabilities/112232/

https://www.tenable.com/cyber-exposure/tenable-2022-threat-landscape-report

https://www.tenable.com/blog/microsofts-march-2024-patch-tuesday-addresses-59-cves-cve-2024-21407

https://www.tenable.com/blog/microsofts-november-2022-patch-tuesday-addresses-62-cves-cve-2022-41073

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-41073

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2022-11-09

Updated: 2025-10-30

Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00562