CVE-2022-24528
Published: 15 April 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-24528 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 10.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2022-24528 is a remote code execution vulnerability in the Remote Procedure Call Runtime component. It carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8 and was published on 15 April 2022. The weakness resides in the RPC runtime libraries used by Windows systems and related Microsoft products that process RPC traffic.
An unauthenticated attacker can trigger the flaw over the network by sending a specially crafted RPC request that requires user interaction. Successful exploitation grants the attacker full read, write, and execute control over the affected process, enabling arbitrary code execution with impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Microsoft’s security update guide entries for the CVE describe the availability of patches that address the issue in supported Windows releases and advise applying the updates through standard Microsoft Update channels.
The associated EPSS score has remained low, moving only from 0.0498 to a peak of 0.0523, indicating limited observed exploitation interest after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-29408
Vulnerability details
Remote Procedure Call Runtime 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.