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CVE-2022-24767

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-24767 describes a DLL hijacking vulnerability in the Git for Windows uninstaller, affecting various Git for Windows and Visual Studio versions. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) allows an unprivileged attacker to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges if a user runs the uninstaller. While the EPSS score is low and it's not on the KEV catalog, there is no public exploit code available, and community discussion and media coverage are minimal, suggesting it is not actively exploited.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 15.0, < 15.9.46CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2017:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 16.0, < 16.7.27CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 16.8, < 16.9.19CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 16.10, < 16.11.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 17.0, < 17.0.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
69.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0140 is in the 68th percentile among its peer group of 11,616 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (7)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8)Fixed in: 15.9.46
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.1Fixed in: 17.1.4
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.7 (includes 16.0 – 16.6)Fixed in: 16.7.27
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.9 (includes 16.0 - 16.8)Fixed in: 16.9.19
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11 (includes 16.0 - 16.10)Fixed in: 16.11.12
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.0Fixed in: 17.0.8
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2022-Apr/CVE-2022-24767Important

GitHub: Git for Windows' uninstaller vulnerable to DLL hijacking when run under the SYSTEM user account

Apr 12, 2022

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2022-24767
PatchVendor Advisory