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CVE-2022-34303

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-34303 is a medium-severity flaw in Eurosoft bootloaders before 2022-06-01, affecting Eurosoft, Microsoft, and Red Hat products. An attacker with local access to the EFI System Partition can replace the existing signed bootloader with a vulnerable version, bypassing or tampering with Secure Boot protections to execute arbitrary code in the pre-boot stage. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.7, indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not actively exploited (KEV: No), it has garnered significant community attention with 6 mentions and 5 media articles, suggesting awareness and potential for future exploitation. No public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is currently available.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2022-06-01CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:eurosoft-uk:uefi_bootloader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.7MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.81%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
53.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0081 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 3,720 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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 (34)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: V1.002
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: V1.003
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows RT 8.1Fixed in: V1.003
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2012Fixed in: V1.002
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.14393.5285
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.14393.5285
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.14393.5285
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2016Fixed in: 10.0.14393.5285
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 10.0.14393.5285
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.17763.3284
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.17763.3284
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2019Fixed in: 10.0.17763.3284
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 10.0.17763.3284
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 21H1 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19043.1880
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 21H1 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19043.1880
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 21H1 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19043.1880
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2022Fixed in: 10.0.20348.887
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 10.0.20348.887
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 20H2 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19042.1880
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 20H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19042.1880
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server, version 20H2 (Server Core Installation)Fixed in: 10.0.19042.1889
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 11 version 21H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.22000.856
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 11 version 21H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.22000.856
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 21H2 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19044.1880
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 21H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19044.1880
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19044.1880
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 1.002
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 1.002
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 8.1 for 32-bit systemsFixed in: V1.003
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 8.1 for x64-based systemsFixed in: V1.003
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2012 R2Fixed in: V1.003
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: fwupd-0:1.8.10-2.el9
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redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: fwupd
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: fwupd

Vendor Advisories (2)

redhatCVE-2022-34303Moderate

shim: 3rd party shim allow secure boot bypass

Aug 11, 2022
microsoft2022-Aug/CVE-2022-34303Important

CERT/CC: CVE-20220-34303 Crypto Pro Boot Loader Bypass

Aug 9, 2022

References

edk2-docs.gitbook.io / understanding-the-uefi-secure-boot-chain/secure_boot_chain_in_uefi/uefi_secure_boot
Third Party Advisory
intel.com / content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-01001.html
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/309662
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource