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CVE-2022-35746: Windows Digital Media Receiver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-05-31 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Windows Digital Media Receiver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507: before 10.0.10240.19387 — fixed in 10.0.10240.19387
• Microsoft Windows 10 1607: before 10.0.14393.5291 — fixed in 10.0.14393.5291
• Microsoft Windows 10: before 10.0.17763.3287 — fixed in 10.0.17763.3287
• Microsoft Windows 10 20H2: before 10.0.19042.1889 — fixed in 10.0.19042.1889
• Microsoft Windows 10 21H1: before 10.0.19043.1889 — fixed in 10.0.19043.1889
• Microsoft Windows 10: before 10.0.19044.1889 — fixed in 10.0.19044.1889
• Microsoft Windows 11 21H2: before 10.0.22000.856 — fixed in 10.0.22000.856
• Microsoft Windows 8.1: all versions
• Microsoft Windows RT 8.1: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012: r2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2016: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Server 2019: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Server 2022: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Server 20H2: all versions

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507 10.0.10240.19387; Microsoft Windows 10 1607 10.0.14393.5291; Microsoft Windows 10 10.0.17763.3287; Microsoft Windows 10 20H2 10.0.19042.1889; Microsoft Windows 10 21H1 10.0.19043.1889; Microsoft Windows 10 10.0.19044.1889; Microsoft Windows 11 21H2 10.0.22000.856. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-35746
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-35746

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