Summary
Impact: Remote Code Execution. Microsoft rating: Important. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation Less Likely. Customer action: Required.
Details
According to the CVSS score, the Attack Vector is Local. Why does the CVE title indicate that this is a Remote Code Execution?
The word Remote in the title refers to the location of the attacker. This type of exploit is sometimes referred to as Arbitrary Code Execution/"ACE". The attack itself is carried out locally.
An example scenario for a When the score indicates that the Attack Vector is Local and User Interaction is Required, that describes an exploit that an attacker, through social engineering, convinces a victim, for example, to go to a download and locally run a malicious file from a website or attached to an email which leads to a local attack on their computer.
According to the CVSS metric, the attack vector is local (AV:L). Why does the CVE title indicate that this is a remote code execution?
The word Remote in the title refers to the location of the attacker. This type of exploit is sometimes referred to as Arbitrary Code Execution (ACE). The attack itself is carried out locally.
For example, when the score indicates that the Attack Vector is Local and User Interaction is Required, this could describe an exploit in which an attacker, through social engineering, convinces a victim to download and open a specially crafted file from a website which leads to a local attack on their computer.
Security updates
10.0.17763.2565 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5010351
10.0.18363.2094 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5010345
10.0.19043.1526 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5010342
10.0.20348.524 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5010354
10.0.20348.525 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5010456
10.0.19042.1526 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5009543
10.0.22000.493 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5010386
10.0.14393.4946 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5010359
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 7.8CVE-2022-21974 Public exploit
Roaming Security Rights Management Services Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Roaming Security Rights Management Services Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Revision history
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References
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CVE-2022-21974 Roaming Security Rights Management Services Remote Code Execution Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-21974
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Microsoft Exploitability Index
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/exploitability-index?rtc=1
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Microsoft Support Lifecycle
https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle
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Common Vulnerability Scoring System
https://www.first.org/cvss