CVE-2022-33676
Published: 12 July 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-33676 is a high-severity an unspecified weakness vulnerability in Microsoft Azure Site Recovery. Its CVSS base score is 7.2 (High).
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-2022-33676 is a remote code execution vulnerability affecting Azure Site Recovery. It carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.2 with the vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, indicating that successful exploitation can fully compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected component.
An attacker with high privileges and network access can trigger the flaw to execute arbitrary code on the target Azure Site Recovery instance, resulting in complete control over the service without requiring user interaction.
Microsoft has published mitigation guidance in its security update guide at the referenced URL https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-33676.
The associated EPSS score has remained low, with a current value of 0.0658 and a peak of 0.0691, showing no material upward trajectory after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-36719
Vulnerability details
Azure Site Recovery 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.