CVE-2022-37979
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
7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
0.0055
68.5th percentile
Risk Priority
16
60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS
Summary
CVE-2022-37979 is a high-severity an unspecified weakness vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 31.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-40586
Vulnerability details
Windows Hyper-V 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
windows 10
1607, 1809, 20h2, 21h1, 21h2
microsoft
windows 11
22h2, all versions
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.