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CVE-2022-41120

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-41120 is an Elevation of Privilege vulnerability affecting Microsoft Windows System Monitor (Sysmon). With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts with low attack complexity. While not currently listed on CISA KEV, it was addressed in Microsoft's November 2022 Patch Tuesday, and there is no public exploit code available or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_sysmon:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 1.0, < 14.11CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_sysmon:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
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
1.08%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
61.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0108 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 17,061 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 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 (1)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows SysmonFixed in: 14.11
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2022-Nov/CVE-2022-41120Important

Microsoft Windows System Monitor (Sysmon) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Nov 8, 2022

References

msrc.microsoft.com / update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-41120