Summary
Impact: Remote Code Execution. Microsoft rating: Important. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation Less Likely. Customer action: Required.
Details
According to the CVSS metric, user interaction is required (UI:R). What interaction would the user have to do?
Exploitation of the vulnerability requires that a user open a specially crafted file.
In an email attack scenario, an attacker could exploit the vulnerability by sending the specially crafted file to the user and convincing the user to open the file., In a web-based attack scenario, an attacker could host a website (or leverage a compromised website that accepts or hosts user-provided content) containing a specially crafted file designed to exploit the vulnerability.
An attacker would have no way to force users to visit the website. Instead, an attacker would have to convince users to click a link, typically by way of an enticement in an email or instant message, and then convince them to open the specially crafted file.
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
10.0.17763.3532 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5018419
10.0.19043.2130 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5018410
10.0.20348.1129 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5018421
10.0.22000.1098 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5018418
10.0.22621.674 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5018427
10.0.10240.19507 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5018425
10.0.14393.5427 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5018411
6.1.7601.26174 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5018454
6.1.7601.26174 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5018479
6.3.9600.20625 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5018474
6.3.9600.20625 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5018476
6.0.6003.21721 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5018450
6.0.6003.21721 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5018446
6.2.9200.23920 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5018457
6.2.9200.23920 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5018478
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 7.8
Windows GDI+ Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Windows GDI+ Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Revision history
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References
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CVE-2022-33635 Windows GDI+ Remote Code Execution Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-33635
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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