HIGH

CVE-2022-37969

Microsoft Windows 10 1507 2022-09-13 CVSS v3.1

CVSS

7.8

KEV

Description

Windows Common Log File System Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Summary dbcve.org

This is a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Windows Common Log File System (CLFS) driver. The flaw allows a low-privileged attacker to elevate to SYSTEM privileges on affected Windows systems.

Mitigation

Apply the Microsoft security updates for CVE-2022-37969, which are available through Windows Update or WSUS for enterprise environments.

Patch Commit

Weakness (CWE)

CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

EPSS Score

28.28%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

98.1th percentile

References

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-37969 Patch, Vendor Advisory https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-37969 US Government Resource

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