CVE-2022-35789
Published: 09 August 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-35789 is a medium-severity an unspecified weakness vulnerability in Microsoft Azure Site Recovery Vmware To Azure. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 8.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
Azure Site Recovery contains an elevation of privilege vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-35789. The flaw affects the Azure Site Recovery service and carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 6.5 with a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and requirement for high privileges.
An authenticated attacker who already possesses high privileges can exploit the issue remotely without user interaction to modify or disrupt integrity and availability properties of the affected recovery components, thereby achieving privilege elevation within the Azure environment.
Microsoft has published remediation guidance in its Security Response Center advisories at the listed URLs; administrators should apply the recommended updates or configuration changes to address the vulnerability.
The associated EPSS score has remained flat at 0.0631 with no material increase since disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-38662
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.