CVE-2022-37992

26

FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-37992 is a Windows Group Policy Elevation of Privilege vulnerability affecting numerous Windows client and server operating systems, including Windows 10, 11, and various Server versions. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, allowing an authenticated attacker to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not currently listed on CISA's KEV catalog or having public exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, notably being addressed in Microsoft's November 2022 Patch Tuesday.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:::::::*
		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:::::::*
		22h2CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:22h2:::::::*

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

0.49%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

39.6%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-27

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0049 is in the 80th 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 (49)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.17763.3650

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.17763.3650

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.17763.3650

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2019Fixed in: 10.0.17763.3650

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 10.0.17763.3650

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 21H1 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19043.2251

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 21H1 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19043.2251

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 21H1 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19043.2251

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2022Fixed in: 10.0.20348.1249

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 10.0.20348.1249

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2022Fixed in: 10.0.20348.1251

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 10.0.20348.1251

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 20H2 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19042.2251

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 20H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19042.2251

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 11 version 21H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.22000.1219

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 11 version 21H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.22000.1219

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 21H2 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19044.2251

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 21H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19044.2251

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19044.2251

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 11 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.22621.819

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.22621.819

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19045.2251

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19045.2251

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 22H2 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19045.2251

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.10240.19567

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.10240.19567

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.14393.5501

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.14393.5501

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2016Fixed in: 10.0.14393.5501

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 10.0.14393.5501

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1Fixed in: 6.1.7601.26221

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1Fixed in: 6.1.7601.26221

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1Fixed in: 6.1.7601.26221

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 6.1.7601.26221

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 8.1 for 32-bit systemsFixed in: 6.3.9600.20671

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 8.1 for x64-based systemsFixed in: 6.3.9600.20671

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2012 R2Fixed in: 6.3.9600.20671

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 6.3.9600.20671

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 8.1 for 32-bit systemsFixed in: 6.3.9600.20670

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 8.1 for x64-based systemsFixed in: 6.3.9600.20670

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2012 R2Fixed in: 6.3.9600.20670

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 6.3.9600.20670

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows RT 8.1Fixed in: 6.3.9600.20670

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2Fixed in: 6.0.6003.21768

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 6.0.6003.21768

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2Fixed in: 6.0.6003.21768

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 6.0.6003.21768

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2012Fixed in: 6.2.9200.23968

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 6.2.9200.23968

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2022-Nov/CVE-2022-37992Important

Windows Group Policy Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

References

msrc.microsoft.com / update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-37992