CVE-2022-41076
Published: 13 December 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-41076 is a high-severity an unspecified weakness vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10. Its CVSS base score is 8.5 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 2.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2022-41076 is a remote code execution vulnerability affecting PowerShell, as indicated by its published description and CVSS 3.1 vector of AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H. The flaw permits an attacker to execute arbitrary code with impacts across confidentiality, integrity, and availability, and the changed scope metric shows that exploitation can affect components beyond the initially vulnerable PowerShell instance.
An authenticated user with low privileges can exploit the issue over a network connection, though the high attack complexity requirement limits the ease of successful attacks. Successful exploitation grants the ability to run code that affects the broader system or environment rather than remaining confined to the PowerShell process.
Microsoft security advisories published at the referenced MSRC URLs provide official guidance and patches for the vulnerability. The current EPSS score of 0.3402, with a recorded peak of 0.3756, reflects moderate exploitation probability without documented evidence of widespread real-world attacks.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-44320
Vulnerability details
PowerShell 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.