CVE-2022-22012
Published: 10 May 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-22012 is a critical-severity an unspecified weakness vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 5.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2022-22012 is a remote code execution vulnerability in the Windows Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) component. It carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8 and was published on 10 May 2022.
An unauthenticated attacker can exploit the flaw over the network with no user interaction required, resulting in full control over confidentiality, integrity, and availability on the affected system.
Microsoft security guidance and patches for the issue are published at the referenced MSRC URLs. The associated EPSS score has remained flat at a peak of 0.1349 with no material post-disclosure rise.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-27166
Vulnerability details
Windows Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.