CVE-2022-33678
Published: 12 July 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-33678 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-2022-33678 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 service.
An attacker with high-privileged network access and no user interaction required can execute arbitrary code on the Azure Site Recovery component, resulting in complete control over the targeted recovery environment.
Microsoft Security Response Center advisories for this issue are published at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-33678.
The associated EPSS score has remained low, with a current value of 0.0658 and a peak of 0.0691, providing no indication of emerging exploitation interest after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-36721
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.