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CVE-2022-38017

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-38017 is an Elevation of Privilege vulnerability affecting Microsoft StorSimple 8000 Series devices and their firmware. With a CVSS score of 6.8 (Medium), it presents a significant risk as it allows an unauthenticated attacker with physical access to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability was mentioned in Microsoft's October 2022 Patch Tuesday, indicating it was addressed as part of a broader security update. Community discussion and media coverage suggest moderate attention, with one article noting its inclusion in a patch that addressed a zero-day, though not specifically stating this CVE was the zero-day.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:storsimple_8010_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:storsimple_8020_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.8MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
PHYSICAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.60%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
45.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0060 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 1,532 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Azure StorSimple 8000 SeriesFixed in: 6.3.9600.17886

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2022-Oct/CVE-2022-38017Important

StorSimple 8000 Series Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Oct 11, 2022

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2022-38017
PatchVendor Advisory
msrc.microsoft.com / update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-38017