CVE-2022-38042

Summary

CVE-2022-38042 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability affecting Microsoft Active Directory Domain Services. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability allows an authenticated attacker to elevate their privileges within the Active Directory environment, potentially gaining administrative control over domain controllers. This can lead to significant security consequences, including data theft, unauthorized system access, and the ability to carry out further attacks against other systems on the network. Organizations are strongly urged to apply the available patch or workaround to mitigate this risk.

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