CVE-2022-30160
Published: 15 June 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-30160 is a high-severity an unspecified weakness vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 9.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2022-30160 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Windows Advanced Local Procedure Call (ALPC) component. It carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.8 and was published on 15 June 2022.
A local attacker with low privileges can exploit the flaw without user interaction to obtain high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, enabling a full elevation of privilege on the affected system.
Microsoft has published security guidance and corresponding updates for the issue through its standard advisory channels at the referenced MSRC pages. The associated EPSS score has remained flat at 0.0542 with no material increase since disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-35368
Vulnerability details
Windows Advanced Local Procedure Call (ALPC) Elevation of Privilege 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.