CVE-2022-21838
Windows Cleanup Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Windows Cleanup Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Windows Cleanup Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Windows Cleanup Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2022-21838- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-26994
Windows Cleanup Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2022-26994- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qgrx-jqwh-wcx9
Windows Cleanup Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability.
Windows Cleanup Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability.
- Record
GHSA-qgrx-jqwh-wcx9- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-59
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Windows Cleanup Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2022-21838- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 High
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-59
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- microsoft windows 10 version 1507
- microsoft windows 10 version 1607
- microsoft windows 10 version 1809
- microsoft windows 10 version 1909
- microsoft windows 10 version 20h2
- microsoft windows 10 version 21h1
- microsoft windows 10 version 21h2
- microsoft windows 11 version 21h2
- microsoft windows 7
- microsoft windows 7 service pack 1
- microsoft windows 8.1
- microsoft windows server 2008 r2 service pack 1
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- microsoft windows server 2008 r2 service pack 1 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server 2012
- microsoft windows server 2012 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server 2012 r2
- microsoft windows server 2012 r2 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server 2016
- microsoft windows server 2016 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server 2019
- microsoft windows server 2019 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server 2022
- microsoft windows server version 20h2
- microsoft windows 10
- microsoft windows 11
- microsoft windows server
- microsoft windows server 2008
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-21838 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507, published January 11, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.52%, the 74th percentile. No source names a fixed version.