CVE-2022-24541
Published: 15 April 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-24541 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 7.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2022-24541 is a remote code execution vulnerability affecting the Windows Server Service. It was assigned a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8 with the vector string AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, reflecting network-reachable exploitation that requires low complexity and no privileges but does involve user interaction.
An unauthenticated remote attacker could leverage the flaw to execute arbitrary code on a target system, resulting in complete loss of confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Microsoft security advisories for the issue are available at the referenced MSRC update guide URLs and address mitigation through vendor-supplied patches.
The associated EPSS score has remained flat at a peak and current value of 0.0872.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-29421
Vulnerability details
Windows Server Service 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.