CVE-2022-37979 is a Windows Hyper-V Elevation of Privilege vulnerability affecting various versions of Windows 10, 11, and Server. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), it requires low privileges and high attack complexity, but can lead to significant confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While not currently in the KEV catalog, it was addressed in the October 2022 Patch Tuesday, indicating it was a zero-day vulnerability used in attacks. Despite this, there is no public exploit code available, and community discussion and media coverage are relatively low.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* | ||
20h2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:20h2:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* | ||
21h1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:21h1:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* | ||
21h2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:21h2:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* | ||
1607CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1607:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/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 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.1 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.