CVE-2022-29137
Published: 10 May 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-29137 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-2022-29137 is a remote code execution flaw affecting the Windows Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) component. It was published in May 2022 with a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8 reflecting network attack vector, low attack complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
An authenticated attacker with network access can exploit the issue to execute arbitrary code on the target system, resulting in full compromise of the affected Windows host.
Microsoft security advisories at the referenced MSRC update guide and portal URLs provide official guidance and patches for the vulnerability. The associated EPSS score has remained flat at a peak of 0.1566 with no material rise observed.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-33547
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.