Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-30161

High

Published: 15 June 2022

Published
15 June 2022
Modified
02 January 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.1087 93.5th percentile
Risk Priority 24 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-30161 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 6.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Deeper analysis

The vulnerability CVE-2022-30161 is a remote code execution flaw affecting the Windows Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) component. It was published in June 2022 with a CVSS 3.1 score of 8.8 reflecting network attack vector, low complexity, no required privileges, required user interaction, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

An unauthenticated attacker can exploit the issue remotely to achieve arbitrary code execution on the target system. The attack requires user interaction but otherwise needs no special access or credentials.

Microsoft security advisories at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-30161 and https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2022-30161 provide patch and mitigation guidance for affected Windows installations. The associated EPSS score has remained flat at a peak of 0.1087 since disclosure.

EU & UK References

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

microsoft
windows 10
1607, 1809, 20h2, 21h1, 21h2
microsoft
windows 11
all versions
microsoft
windows 7
all versions
microsoft
windows 8.1
all versions
microsoft
windows rt 8.1
all versions
microsoft
windows server 2008
all versions, r2
microsoft
windows server 2012
all versions
microsoft
windows server 2016
20h2, all versions
microsoft
windows server 2019
all versions
microsoft
windows server 2022
all versions

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References