CVE-2022-34705 is a Windows Defender Credential Guard Elevation of Privilege vulnerability affecting Windows 10, 11, and various Windows Server versions. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability allows a local, low-privileged attacker to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. While it was patched in August 2022 and is not currently listed on the KEV catalog, there is no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and community discussion and media coverage are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
20h2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:20h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
21h1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:21h1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
21h2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:21h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1809CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11:-:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.