CVE-2022-30208
Published: 12 July 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-30208 is a medium-severity an unspecified weakness vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 9.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
The vulnerability CVE-2022-30208 is a denial of service issue affecting the Windows Security Account Manager (SAM) component. It carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 6.5 with the vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H, confirming a remotely triggerable availability impact without requiring elevated privileges or user interaction.
An authenticated attacker with low privileges can send crafted requests over the network to the SAM service and induce a denial of service condition, disrupting authentication and account management functions on the target system.
Microsoft has published an advisory for CVE-2022-30208 in its security update guide that addresses the issue. The EPSS score has remained flat at 0.0564 with no material rise observed since disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-35414
Vulnerability details
Windows Security Account Manager (SAM) Denial of Service 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.