CVE-2022-41120
Microsoft Windows System Monitor (Sysmon) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Microsoft Windows System Monitor (Sysmon) 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
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Microsoft Windows System Monitor (Sysmon) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Microsoft Windows System Monitor (Sysmon) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2022-41120- 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-2022-44363
Microsoft Windows System Monitor (Sysmon) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2022-44363- 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
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-r5j7-9g66-64r7
Microsoft Windows Sysmon Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability.
Microsoft Windows Sysmon Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability.
- Record
GHSA-r5j7-9g66-64r7- 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
Microsoft Windows System Monitor (Sysmon) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2022-41120- 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
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-41120 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Microsoft Windows Sysmon, published November 9, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.24%, the 69th percentile. No source names a fixed version.