CVE-2022-24517
Published: 09 March 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-24517 is a high-severity an unspecified weakness vulnerability in Microsoft Azure Site Recovery. Its CVSS base score is 7.2 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 8.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2022-24517 is a remote code execution vulnerability affecting Azure Site Recovery. The flaw carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.2 with a vector indicating network attack vector, low attack complexity, and high privileges required, resulting in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
An attacker with high-privileged network access and no user interaction can exploit the issue to execute arbitrary code on affected Azure Site Recovery components, achieving full control over the target system.
Microsoft has published guidance for the vulnerability at the Microsoft Security Response Center advisory page, which includes details on available patches and mitigation steps for Azure Site Recovery deployments.
The associated EPSS score has remained flat at a peak of 0.0705 with no material increase observed after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-29397
Vulnerability details
Azure Site Recovery 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.