CVE-2022-37982
Published: 11 October 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-37982 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 4.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2022-37982 is a remote code execution vulnerability affecting the Microsoft WDAC OLE DB provider for SQL Server. It carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8 with the vector string AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, indicating network-accessible attack surface and high impact across confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
An unauthenticated attacker can exploit the flaw over the network with low attack complexity provided the victim performs a required user interaction such as opening a malicious file or following a crafted link; successful exploitation grants the attacker the ability to execute arbitrary code in the context of the affected process.
Microsoft has published official security guidance and mitigation details for the issue at the referenced advisories. The EPSS score has remained flat at 0.1727 with no material post-disclosure increase.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-40589
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.