CVE-2022-35818
Published: 09 August 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-35818 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-2022-35818 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability affecting Azure Site Recovery. The flaw carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.5 with network attack vector, low attack complexity, and high privileges required, resulting in high integrity and high availability impact without affecting confidentiality.
An authenticated attacker with high privileges can exploit the issue remotely to elevate privileges and perform actions that alter or disrupt the integrity and availability of the affected Azure Site Recovery components. No user interaction is required for successful exploitation.
Microsoft has published official guidance for the vulnerability in its security update guide, directing administrators to the relevant patches and configuration steps listed in the referenced advisories. The associated EPSS score has remained flat at 0.0631 with no material increase since disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-38691
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.