CVE-2022-21972

70

FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-21972 is a Remote Code Execution vulnerability affecting Microsoft's Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP). With a CVSS score of 8.1 (HIGH), this vulnerability can be exploited remotely with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, though it requires high attack complexity. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), it has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness of its potential.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:::::::*
		20h2CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:20h2:::::::*
		21h1CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:21h1:::::::*
		21h2CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:21h2:::::::*
		1607CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1607:::::::*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.1HIGH

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

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Exploitability Score

2.2

Impact Score

5.9

CvssVersion

3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

80.93%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

99.6%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-25

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.8093 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (47)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.17763.2928

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.17763.2928

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.17763.2928

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2019Fixed in: 10.0.17763.2928

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 10.0.17763.2928

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1909 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.18363.2274

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1909 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.18363.2274

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1909 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.18363.2274

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 21H1 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19043.1706

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 21H1 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19043.1706

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 21H1 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19043.1706

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 21H2 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19043.1706

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2022Fixed in: 10.0.20348.707

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 10.0.20348.707

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 20H2 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19042.1706

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 20H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19042.1706

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server, version 20H2 (Server Core Installation)Fixed in: 10.0.19042.1706

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 11 version 21H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.22000.675

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 11 version 21H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.22000.675

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 21H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19044.1706

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19044.1706

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.10240.19297

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.10240.19297

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.14393.5125

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.14393.5125

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2016Fixed in: 10.0.14393.5125

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 10.0.14393.5125

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1Fixed in: 6.1.7601.25954

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1Fixed in: 6.1.7601.25954

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1Fixed in: 6.1.7601.25954

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 6.1.7601.25954

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 8.1 for 32-bit systemsFixed in: 6.3.9600.20371

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 8.1 for x64-based systemsFixed in: 6.3.9600.20371

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2012 R2Fixed in: 6.3.9600.20371

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 6.3.9600.20371

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 8.1 for 32-bit systemsFixed in: 6.3.9600.20365

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 8.1 for x64-based systemsFixed in: 6.3.9600.20365

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2012 R2Fixed in: 6.3.9600.20365

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 6.3.9600.20365

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows RT 8.1Fixed in: 6.3.9600.20367

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2Fixed in: 6.0.6003.21481

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 6.0.6003.21481

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2Fixed in: 6.0.6003.21481

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 6.0.6003.21481

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2012Fixed in: 6.2.9200.23714

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 6.2.9200.23714

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2022-May/CVE-2022-21972Critical

Windows Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2022-21972

PatchVendor Advisory

msrc.microsoft.com / update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-21972