CVE-2022-37971
High
Published: 11 October 2022
Published
11 October 2022
Modified
02 January 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1
7.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
0.0039
60.5th percentile
Risk Priority
14
60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS
Summary
CVE-2022-37971 is a high-severity an unspecified weakness vulnerability in Microsoft Malware Protection Engine. Its CVSS base score is 7.1 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 39.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-40578
Vulnerability details
Microsoft Windows Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
microsoft
malware protection engine
≤ 1.1.19700.2
Mitigating Controls
No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.