Microsoft Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability in Customer Experience Improvement Program

A vulnerability allowing improper access control in the Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP) has been identified. This issue allows an authorized attacker to locally elevate privileges. The vulnerability affects multiple versions of Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows Server 2022, Windows Server 2019, and several other Windows Server versions.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to unauthorized privilege escalation, allowing an attacker to gain SYSTEM privileges.

Remediation

Users can apply the security update for this vulnerability, which is available through the Microsoft Update Catalog. Specific update details can be found in the Microsoft Knowledge Base articles linked in the update guide.