CVE-2022-37975
Published: 11 October 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-37975 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 4.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2022-37975 is an elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in the Windows Group Policy component. It carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8 with network attack vector, low attack complexity, and low privileges required, allowing an authenticated attacker to obtain full administrative control over confidentiality, integrity, and availability on affected systems.
An attacker who already possesses a low-privileged domain or local account can send specially crafted Group Policy requests over the network without user interaction. Successful exploitation grants the ability to escalate to SYSTEM-level privileges, enabling arbitrary code execution, credential theft, or persistence within the domain or on the local host.
Microsoft has published official advisories and patch guidance for CVE-2022-37975 at the listed MSRC URLs; administrators should apply the updates referenced in those documents to eliminate the flaw. The associated EPSS score has remained flat at its peak value of 0.2113 with no indicated upward trajectory after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-40582
Vulnerability details
Windows Group Policy 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.