Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-35836

High

Published: 13 September 2022

Published
13 September 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.1391 94.5th percentile
Risk Priority 26 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-35836 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

Microsoft WDAC OLE DB provider for SQL Server contains a remote code execution vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-35836. The flaw affects the Windows Defender Application Control OLE DB provider component used with SQL Server and carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8 reflecting network attack vector, low complexity, no required privileges, and required user interaction.

An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit the issue by convincing a target user to interact with specially crafted content, resulting in arbitrary code execution on the affected system with impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Microsoft security advisories at the referenced MSRC pages recommend applying the vendor-supplied updates to address the vulnerability.

The associated EPSS score has remained flat at a peak of 0.1391 with no material increase observed after disclosure.

EU & UK References

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

microsoft
windows 10
1607, 1809, 20h2, 21h1, 21h2
microsoft
windows 11
all versions
microsoft
windows 7
all versions
microsoft
windows 8.1
all versions
microsoft
windows rt 8.1
all versions
microsoft
windows server 2008
all versions, r2
microsoft
windows server 2012
all versions, r2
microsoft
windows server 2016
all versions
microsoft
windows server 2019
all versions
microsoft
windows server 2022
all versions

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References