CVE-2022-22014
Published: 10 May 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-22014 is a high-severity an unspecified weakness vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 5.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
The vulnerability CVE-2022-22014 is a remote code execution flaw affecting the Windows Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) component. It received a CVSS 3.1 score of 8.8 reflecting network attack vector, low attack complexity, and low privileges required.
An authenticated attacker can exploit the issue remotely to obtain full control over confidentiality, integrity, and availability on the target system without user interaction.
Microsoft security guidance and updates for this vulnerability are available through the advisories published at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-22014 and https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2022-22014.
The associated EPSS score has remained flat at a peak of 0.1566 with no material rise after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-27168
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.