CVE-2022-37984

Summary

CVE-2022-37984 is a newly disclosed vulnerability affecting the Windows WLAN Service. This issue grants attackers local privileges upon successful exploitation, allowing them to escalate their access within the affected system. The vulnerability arises due to insufficient access control mechanisms within the service. Exploitation requires no user interaction, increasing the potential threat to the targeted system. Microsoft has released a security update to address this vulnerability, and it is strongly recommended that all Windows users apply the patch as soon as possible to mitigate the risk.

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