CVE-2022-37978
Published: 11 October 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-37978 is a high-severity an unspecified weakness vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 6.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2022-37978 is a security feature bypass vulnerability affecting Windows Active Directory Certificate Services. The flaw received a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5 and was publicly disclosed on 11 October 2022.
An attacker with low privileges and network access can exploit the issue without user interaction, albeit with high attack complexity. Successful exploitation allows the attacker to bypass security controls and obtain high impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability within the certificate services environment.
Microsoft has published official guidance and patches addressing the vulnerability through its Security Response Center at the URLs listed in the reference material. The current EPSS score of 0.1019 has shown no material increase since disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-40585
Vulnerability details
Windows Active Directory Certificate Services Security Feature Bypass
- 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.