Microsoft Kinect Improper Access Control Vulnerability Allowing Privilege Escalation
Vulnerability
A vulnerability in Microsoft Kinect has been identified, allowing an authorized attacker to locally elevate privileges. This issue arises from improper access control, which could enable exploitation to gain higher-level permissions.
Impact
Exploitation of this vulnerability could allow 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 KB5094126 for Windows 11, KB5094122 for Windows 10, KB5094128 for Windows Server 2022, and KB5094123 for Windows Server 2019.
Vulnerability Rating
Our algorithm analyzes dozens of metrics to generate these 8 key vulnerability categories, which are then combined to calculate the overall risk score.
