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CISA confirms exploitation in the wild and lists 2022-04-15 as the remediation due date.
CISA confirms exploitation in the wild and lists 2022-04-15 as the remediation due date.
Patch availableMicrosoft Windows Print Spooler contains an unspecified vulnerability which can allow for privilege escalation.
Microsoft Windows Print Spooler contains an unspecified vulnerability which can allow for privilege escalation.
Attacker-controlled path data is not constrained to the intended directory before the application accesses a file.
An attacker operating through local access may attempt exploitation with low privileges. If successful, the issue may gain additional privileges.
Microsoft Windows Print Spooler contains an unspecified vulnerability which can allow for privilege escalation.
Attacker-controlled path data is not constrained to the intended directory before the application accesses a file.
An attacker operating through local access may attempt exploitation with low privileges. If successful, the issue may gain additional privileges.
CVSS severity, EPSS forecast probability, public exploit material and CISA-confirmed exploitation are separate signals.
CISA added this CVE to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue on 2022-03-25. Known ransomware campaign use is recorded.
No exploit-tagged reference or CISA SSVC proof-of-concept state is currently recorded. Research may still exist outside the structured feeds.
CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal'). The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:CCommon Vulnerability Scoring System 3.1: the compact vector below is decoded into plain language.
Operational remediation based on structured source evidence.
Published 9 Feb 2022 · Last source change 21 Oct 2025, 23:15 UTC · CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Core structured fields are present and their contributing authorities are shown above.
No material field changes have been recorded since change tracking began. Routine source refreshes and cosmetic edits are intentionally excluded.