CVE-2022-35811
Published: 09 August 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-35811 is a medium-severity an unspecified weakness vulnerability in Microsoft Azure Site Recovery. 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
CVE-2022-35811 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability affecting Azure Site Recovery. It carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.5 with the vector string AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H, indicating a remotely exploitable flaw that requires high privileges but otherwise low attack complexity.
An authenticated attacker with high privileges can exploit the issue over the network to achieve high integrity and availability impacts, allowing modification of data or disruption of recovery services while leaving confidentiality unaffected. The vulnerability therefore enables an elevation of privileges beyond the attacker's initial authorization level.
Microsoft's security advisory, referenced at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-35811, supplies official guidance on available patches and mitigation measures. The associated EPSS score has remained flat at a peak of 0.0631 with no material increase after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-38684
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.