CVE-2022-34731
Published: 13 September 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-34731 is a high-severity an unspecified weakness vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 5.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
The vulnerability is a remote code execution flaw in the Microsoft WDAC OLE DB provider for SQL Server, assigned CVE-2022-34731 and published on 2022-09-13. It carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8 reflecting network attack vector, low complexity, no required privileges, and required user interaction, with high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit the issue by sending specially crafted content that a user must interact with, resulting in arbitrary code execution on the affected system with the privileges of the current user.
Microsoft has published guidance and patches for the vulnerability through its Security Response Center at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-34731.
The EPSS score for this CVE has remained flat at a peak of 0.1391 with no material rise observed after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-37680
Vulnerability details
Microsoft WDAC OLE DB provider for SQL Server 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.