Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-22715

High

Published: 09 February 2022

Published
09 February 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0998 93.2th percentile
Risk Priority 22 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-22715 is a high-severity Wrap or Wraparound (CWE-191) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 6.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Deeper analysis

CVE-2022-22715 is a Named Pipe File System Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability that affects Windows components. It is rated 7.8 under CVSS 3.1 with the vector AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H and is linked to CWE-191.

A local attacker with low privileges can exploit the flaw without user interaction to obtain elevated rights and achieve full impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the target system.

Microsoft security advisories at the referenced MSRC update guide address the issue through available patches. The associated EPSS score rose from a low baseline to a peak of 0.1991 on 2025-12-11 before receding to the current value of 0.0998, indicating post-disclosure exploitation interest that warrants renewed attention.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Named Pipe File System Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

microsoft
windows 10
1809, 1909, 20h2, 21h1, 21h2
microsoft
windows 11
all versions
microsoft
windows server
2022, 20h2
microsoft
windows server 2019
all versions

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References