CVE-2022-30161
Published: 15 June 2022
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
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-35369
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.