CVE-2022-33671
Published: 12 July 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-33671 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 8.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2022-33671 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability in Azure Site Recovery. It is rated 4.9 under CVSS 3.1 with a vector of AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N, reflecting network attack reach, low complexity, and a requirement for high privileges to impact confidentiality.
An authenticated attacker already holding high privileges can exploit the flaw to obtain unauthorized access to confidential information. No user interaction or scope change is needed for the attack to succeed.
Microsoft has published details and remediation guidance for the issue in its security update guide. The listed references point to the vendor advisory that practitioners should review for patch availability and configuration changes.
EPSS for the CVE has remained flat at a low value of 0.0665 with no material rise after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-36714
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.