CVE-2022-41120: Microsoft Windows System Monitor (Sysmon) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

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NVD analysis

Status
Modified
Published
2022-11-09T22:15:24.960
Last modified
2026-08-10T16:18:24.330
Weaknesses
NVD-CWE-noinfo

Microsoft Windows System Monitor (Sysmon) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

MetricScoreSeverityVectorScored by
CVSS 3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H[email protected] (Secondary)

References

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Read on 2026-11-03T01:44:04.242Z under licence nvd-api-terms-of-use@ff2a5288 from https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?cveId=CVE-2022-41120

CVE record

Title (CNA)
Microsoft Windows System Monitor (Sysmon) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Assigner
microsoft
State
PUBLISHED
Published
2022-11-09T00:00:00.000Z
Updated
2026-08-10T15:11:21.503Z
Problem types
Elevation of Privilege

References

Read on 2026-11-03T02:01:48.956Z under licence cve-terms-of-use@81bfa2f3 from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/main/cves/2022/41xxx/CVE-2022-41120.json

Detection rules (SigmaHQ)

SigmaHQ rules whose own tags name this CVE. Each rule page shows the rule as its author published it.

Sources and licences

  • National Vulnerability Database (NIST)

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  • CVE Program, The MITRE Corporation

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  • SigmaHQ

    "Suspicious Sysmon as Execution Parent" by Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Tim Shelton (fp werfault) (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules-emerging-threats/2022/Exploits/CVE-2022-41120/proc_creation_win_exploit_cve_2022_41120_sysmon_eop.yml.
    Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License

    Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1

  • SigmaHQ

    "HackTool - SysmonEOP Execution" by Florian Roth (Nextron Systems) (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_hktl_sysmoneop.yml.
    Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License

    Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1

Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "CVE-2022-41120: Microsoft Windows System Monitor (Sysmon) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability",
entity page, dataset version ref-906f1a510cdd, updated 2026-08-10T16:18:24.330Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/cve/CVE-2022-41120 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: National Vulnerability Database (NIST), CVE API 2.0, record last modified 2026-08-10T16:18:24.330.
Underlying source: CVE List (CVE Program, The MITRE Corporation), record updated 2026-08-10T15:11:21.503Z.
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 6d1058a4-407e-4f3a-a144-1968c11dc5c3, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 8a7e90c5-fe6e-45dc-889e-057fe4378bd9, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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