Threats / Microsoft / CVE-2022-21919
CVE-2022-21919
· EUVD no mirror located
· GCVE no mirror located
Verified 2026-06-22
Microsoft Windows vulnerability
Microsoft Windows User Profile Service vulnerability allows privilege escalation. Actively exploited in the wild.
Verdict
Today item — known-exploited.
A privilege escalation flaw in Windows User Profile Service enables attackers to gain elevated system access. Active exploitation confirms real-world risk despite low EPSS score.
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Is it exploitable?
— the evidence, ranked above the scoreReported exploitation
3 independent public reports of in-the-wild exploitation are cataloged.Distinct reporting sources (vendor, incident response, government); open them for the underlying claims.
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-04-25).
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.0295 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
Affected: Microsoft, Windows. Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.
Weakness (CWE)
Mapped to CWE-1386 CWE-1386.CWE assignment from the public NVD record; the weakness class drives how the flaw is exploited.
WeaknessCWE-1386 · CWE-1386
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Who’s exploiting it?
— attribution turns risk into urgencyAttribution not established
No confirmed (advisory-backed) threat-actor attribution is established for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.
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Why it matters
— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board1
Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1
Attacker
I exploit the User Profile Service vulnerability to escalate my privileges from a standard user account to system or administrator level.
Business
Attackers gain elevated access to critical systems, enabling lateral movement and deeper compromise of enterprise infrastructure.
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Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2
Attacker
With elevated privileges, I access sensitive data, modify system configurations, and install persistent backdoors.
Business
Confidentiality, integrity, and availability of systems are compromised; incident response and recovery costs escalate significantly.
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What to do
— defensible action- Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
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