Active Directory Certificate Services Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
46Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.
ssvc Attendcvss 8.8epss 1.8%
from disclosure to weapon9 days
Published on NVDJul 14
1st PoC+9d
exploitation probability
1.8%top 23% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
12 public exploit(s)
Improper authorization in Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Affected products
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1607Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1809Microsoft · Windows Server 2012Microsoft · Windows Server 2012 R2Microsoft · Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)Microsoft · Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)Microsoft · Windows Server 2016Microsoft · Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)Microsoft · Windows Server 2019Microsoft · Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)Microsoft · Windows Server 2022Microsoft · Windows Server 2025Microsoft · Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)public PoCs found — 12
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