CVE-2022-21971 - Remote code execution

Immediate

Remediate Within 48 Hours

CVE Information

Original CVE data

Published: February 9, 2022

Updated: August 8, 2023

Windows Runtime Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVSS v29.3

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v37.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-21971

Affected Vendors

Common vulnerability metrics

Vulnerabilty type as detected by PRIOⁿengine

Remote code execution

CVSS Scores as calculated by PRIOⁿengine

CVSS v26.8

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v37.8

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

MITRE CWE Top 25

Exploits

Exploits are available either through exploit packs, Github repos or the world wide web in general.

Active Exploitation

Vulnerability is referenced under CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. See the KEV Catalog

Social Network Activity

Threat Actor Activity

No sightings of the vulnerability within threat reports.

How the vulnerability maps against various cybersecurity frameworks

T1499.004 - Endpoint Denial of Service (Application or System Exploitation)

T1203 - Exploitation for Client Execution

T1059 - Command and Scripting Interpreter

How the submited vulnerability affects compliance

Applicable if the issue likely affects a web application