CVE-2022-38034
Published: 11 October 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-38034 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 5.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
The vulnerability is an elevation of privilege flaw in the Windows Workstation Service, assigned CVE-2022-38034 with a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8. It affects the Workstation Service component on supported Windows systems and was publicly disclosed on 11 October 2022.
An authenticated user with low privileges can exploit the issue over a network connection without user interaction. Successful exploitation grants the attacker full control over confidentiality, integrity, and availability on the target system, effectively allowing privilege escalation to higher levels such as SYSTEM.
Microsoft has published official advisories and patch information for CVE-2022-38034 at the listed MSRC URLs, directing administrators to apply the relevant security updates. The associated EPSS score has remained flat at a peak of 0.1247 with no material increase observed after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-40640
Vulnerability details
Windows Workstation Service 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.