CVE-2022-33650
Published: 12 July 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-33650 is a medium-severity an unspecified weakness vulnerability in Microsoft Azure Site Recovery Vmware To Azure. Its CVSS base score is 4.9 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 4.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2022-33650 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability affecting Azure Site Recovery. It carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 4.9 with the vector string AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N, indicating a network-reachable flaw that requires high privileges to trigger but yields high confidentiality impact once exploited.
An authenticated attacker with administrative access can leverage the issue over the network to obtain sensitive information that would otherwise be restricted, without needing user interaction or altering integrity or availability.
The Microsoft Security Response Center advisory published at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-33650 supplies official guidance on mitigation and remediation steps for the affected Azure component. The associated EPSS score has remained flat at 0.1870 since disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-36693
Vulnerability details
Azure Site Recovery 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.