CVE-2022-29800

Published: Sep 21, 2022Modified: Jun 17, 2026

4.7

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Exploitability: 1.0 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

A time-of-check-time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition vulnerability was found in networkd-dispatcher. This flaw exists because there is a certain time between the scripts being discovered and them being run. An attacker can abuse this vulnerability to replace scripts that networkd-dispatcher believes to be owned by root with ones that are not.

Affected (1)

Products: Microsoft: Windows Defender For Endpoint

1 product

Windows Defender For Endpoint

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Microsoft Windows Defender For Endpoint	All versions

Related CWEs

Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

The product checks the state of a resource before using that resource, but the resource's state can change between the check and the use in a way that invalidates the results of the check. This can cause the product to perform invalid actions when the resource is in an unexpected state.

References (2)

https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2022/04/26/microsoft-finds-new-elevation-of-privilege-linux-vulnerability-nimbuspwn/

Source: patrick@puiterwijk.org

ExploitTechnical DescriptionVendor Advisory

https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2022/04/26/microsoft-finds-new-elevation-of-privilege-linux-vulnerability-nimbuspwn/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

ExploitTechnical DescriptionVendor Advisory

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