CVE-2022-33679 is a critical Windows Kerberos Elevation of Privilege vulnerability affecting multiple versions of Windows Server. With a CVSS score of 8.1 (High) and a FAUCET Risk Score of 98/100, this vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to achieve full compromise of an affected system with high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability, albeit with high attack complexity. While there is no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), it was reportedly exploited as a zero-day in attacks prior to its September 2022 patch, indicating active exploitation. The vulnerability has garnered significant community attention and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
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:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
r2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.