CVE-2022-35840
Published: 13 September 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-35840 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 CVE-2022-35840 is a remote code execution flaw in the Microsoft WDAC OLE DB provider for SQL Server. 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 on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
An unauthenticated attacker can exploit the issue by convincing a target user to interact with specially crafted content delivered over the network, resulting in arbitrary code execution on the affected system with the privileges of the current user.
Microsoft has published official guidance and mitigation details for the vulnerability in its Security Response Center advisory.
The associated EPSS score has remained flat at 0.1391 with no material increase observed after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-38713
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.