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CVE-2022-44699

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-44699 is a security feature bypass vulnerability affecting the Microsoft Azure Network Watcher Agent. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), this vulnerability allows a local attacker to achieve high integrity impact without user interaction, though it does not affect confidentiality or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and public exploit code or Metasploit modules are currently unavailable. Community discussion and media coverage are minimal, with only one article mentioning it as part of Microsoft's December 2022 Patch Tuesday.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:azure_network_watcher_agent:-:*:*:*:*:-:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
36.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0045 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 15,938 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 (1)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Azure Network Watcher VM ExtensionFixed in: 1.4.2412.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2022-Dec/CVE-2022-44699Important

Azure Network Watcher Agent Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

Dec 13, 2022

References

msrc.microsoft.com / update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-44699