CVE-2022-38031
Published: 11 October 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-38031 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
The vulnerability CVE-2022-38031 is a remote code execution flaw affecting the Microsoft WDAC OLE DB provider for SQL Server. It carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8 and was publicly disclosed on 11 October 2022.
An unauthenticated attacker can exploit the issue over a network with low attack complexity by convincing a user to take an action such as opening a crafted file or visiting a malicious link, resulting in arbitrary code execution that can compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability on the target system.
Microsoft has published official security guidance and patches for the vulnerability through its update channels, including the Microsoft Security Response Center advisory pages.
The EPSS score remains at 0.1727 with no material change from its recorded peak.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-40637
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.