CVE-2022-34718
Published: 13 September 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-34718 is a critical-severity an unspecified weakness vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 0.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2022-34718 is a remote code execution vulnerability affecting the Windows TCP/IP component. It was assigned a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8, driven by a network attack vector that requires no authentication or user interaction and can impact confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
An unauthenticated attacker with network access could exploit the flaw to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable Windows system, resulting in complete compromise of the target host.
Microsoft has published remediation guidance for the issue in its Security Update Guide, directing administrators to the corresponding security update for affected Windows versions.
The CVE maintains a high exploitation probability with an EPSS score of 0.8521 and a recorded peak of 0.8578.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-37667
Vulnerability details
Windows TCP/IP 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.