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CVE-2022-37971

HIGH severity · CVSS 7.1
7.1CVSS HIGH

Summary

Microsoft Windows Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Impact & exploitability

Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)1%

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

Affected products we track (1)

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Official patch: https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2022-37971 ↗