CVE-2022-44704 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Microsoft Windows System Monitor (Sysmon) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Published: 2022-12-13

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: 2.3% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Microsoft

Windows Sysmon

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`1.0`	affected	< 14.13

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_sysmon:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-47638	Microsoft Windows System Monitor (Sysmon) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0233.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-44704
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2022-44704

History

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Thu, 02 Jan 2025 21:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_sysmon:14.16:::::::*
References		https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-44704

Subscriptions

Microsoft Windows Sysmon

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2022-12-13T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-07-22T17:49:45.870Z

Reserved: 2022-11-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-44704

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T14:01:30.098Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-13T19:15:14.603

Modified: 2025-01-02T22:15:31.667

Link: CVE-2022-44704

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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