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CVE-2022-29133

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-29133 is a Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege vulnerability affecting Microsoft Windows 11. It carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a locally exploitable flaw with low attack complexity that can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, including its mention in Microsoft's May 2022 Patch Tuesday.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11:-:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.0
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.74%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
50.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0074 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 17,070 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 (3)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 11 version 21H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.22000.675
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 11 version 21H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.22000.675
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2022-May/CVE-2022-29133Important

Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

May 10, 2022

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2022-29133
PatchVendor Advisory
msrc.microsoft.com / update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-29133