CVE-2022-38050
Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
7.8 High
Win32k 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
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
7.32%Up 6.4 points since Oct 12, 2022
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2022-38050- 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/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-40656
Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2022-40656- 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/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-p6m5-777x-4f3g
Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability.
Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability.
- Record
GHSA-p6m5-777x-4f3g- 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 - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2022-38050- 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 - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- microsoft windows 10 version 1809
- microsoft windows 10 version 20h2
- microsoft windows 10 version 21h1
- microsoft windows 10 version 21h2
- microsoft windows 11 version 21h2
- microsoft windows 11 version 22h2
- microsoft windows server 2019
- microsoft windows server 2019 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server 2022
- microsoft windows 10
- microsoft windows 11
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-2022-38050 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809, published October 11, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 7.32%, the 94th percentile. No source names a fixed version.