CVE-2022-37969 - Privilege escalation

Immediate

Remediate Within 48 Hours

CVE Information

Original CVE data

Published: September 13, 2022

Updated: August 8, 2023

Windows Common Log File System Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVSS v2-

CVSS v37.8

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

References

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-37969

Affected Vendors

Common vulnerability metrics

Vulnerabilty type as detected by PRIOⁿengine

Privilege escalation

CVSS Scores as calculated by PRIOⁿengine

CVSS v26.1

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

CVSS v37.8

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

MITRE CWE Top 25

Vulnerability weakness type is in the top 25 CWEs according to MITRE. View Mitre Top 25 CWEs

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

Vulnerability is mentioned or trending in social media.

Threat Actor Activity

Vulnerability is being actively exploited by threat actors during campaigns.

How the vulnerability maps against various cybersecurity frameworks

T1529 - System Shutdown/Reboot

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

T1203 - Exploitation for Client Execution

T1068 - Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

T1059 - Command and Scripting Interpreter

How the submited vulnerability affects compliance

Applicable if the issue likely affects a web application