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CVE-2022-30135

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-30135 is an Elevation of Privilege vulnerability in Windows Media Center, affecting various versions of Windows 7, 8.1, RT 8.1, and Server 2008/2012. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it allows a local, low-privileged attacker to achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact with low attack complexity. While the vulnerability is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is available, it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, including a mention in BleepingComputer's June 2022 Patch Tuesday report.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_rt_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
r2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:x64:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.78%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
52.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0078 is in the 88th 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 (12)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1Fixed in: 6.1.7601.25984
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1Fixed in: 6.1.7601.25984
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1Fixed in: 6.1.7601.25984
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 6.1.7601.25984
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 6.3.9600.20402
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 8.1 for 32-bit systemsFixed in: 6.3.9600.20402
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 8.1 for x64-based systemsFixed in: 6.3.9600.20402
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2012 R2Fixed in: 6.3.9600.20402
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows RT 8.1Fixed in: 6.3.9600.20402
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2012Fixed in: 6.2.9200.23736
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 6.2.9200.23736
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Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2022-Jun/CVE-2022-30135Important

Windows Media Center Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Jun 14, 2022

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2022-30135
PatchVendor Advisory
msrc.microsoft.com / update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-30135