Microsoft addresses 71 CVEs in its March 2022 Patch Tuesday release, including three vulnerabilities that were publicly disclosed as zero-days.

Microsoft’s March 2022 Patch Tuesday Addresses 71 CVEs (CVE-2022-23277, CVE-2022-24508)

Win32 File Enumeration Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

The remote Windows host is missing security update 5011493. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

 - A remote code execution vulnerability. An attacker can     exploit this to bypass authentication and execute     unauthorized arbitrary commands. (CVE-2022-21990,     CVE-2022-23294, CVE-2022-24508)

  - A denial of service (DoS) vulnerability. An attacker can     exploit this issue to cause the affected component to     deny system or application services. (CVE-2022-23253)

  - An elevation of privilege vulnerability. An attacker can     exploit this to gain elevated privileges.
    (CVE-2022-23283, CVE-2022-23291, CVE-2022-24454,     CVE-2022-24460, CVE-2022-24459, CVE-2022-23296,     CVE-2022-23299, CVE-2022-24507, CVE-2022-23298,     CVE-2022-23284, CVE-2022-24525, CVE-2022-23290,     CVE-2022-23293, CVE-2022-23287, CVE-2022-21967,     CVE-2022-24505, CVE-2022-23286)

  - An information disclosure vulnerability. An attacker can     exploit this to disclose potentially sensitive     information. (CVE-2022-21977, CVE-2022-22010,     CVE-2022-23281, CVE-2022-23297, CVE-2022-24503)

  - A security feature bypass vulnerability exists. An     attacker can exploit this and bypass the security     feature and perform unauthorized actions compromising     the integrity of the system/application.
    (CVE-2022-24502)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Windows host is missing security update 5011487. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - An elevation of privilege vulnerability. An attacker can     exploit this to gain elevated privileges.
    (CVE-2022-23283, CVE-2022-23284, CVE-2022-23291,     CVE-2022-24459, CVE-2022-23296, CVE-2022-24507,     CVE-2022-24454, CVE-2022-23298, CVE-2022-23290,     CVE-2022-23288, CVE-2022-24525, CVE-2022-24460,     CVE-2022-23299, CVE-2022-23293, CVE-2022-23287,     CVE-2022-21967, CVE-2022-24505, CVE-2022-23286)

  - A denial of service (DoS) vulnerability. An attacker can     exploit this issue to cause the affected component to     deny system or application services. (CVE-2022-21975,     CVE-2022-23253)

  - A security feature bypass vulnerability exists. An     attacker can exploit this and bypass the security     feature and perform unauthorized actions compromising     the integrity of the system/application.
    (CVE-2022-24502)

  - An information disclosure vulnerability. An attacker can     exploit this to disclose potentially sensitive     information. (CVE-2022-21977, CVE-2022-22010,     CVE-2022-23281, CVE-2022-23297, CVE-2022-24503)

  - A remote code execution vulnerability. An attacker can     exploit this to bypass authentication and execute     unauthorized arbitrary commands. (CVE-2022-21990,     CVE-2022-23285, CVE-2022-23294, CVE-2022-24508)

The remote Windows host is missing security update 5011497. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

 - A remote code execution vulnerability. An attacker can     exploit this to bypass authentication and execute     unauthorized arbitrary commands. (CVE-2022-21990,     CVE-2022-23294, CVE-2022-24508, CVE-2022-23285)

  - A denial of service (DoS) vulnerability. An attacker can     exploit this issue to cause the affected component to     deny system or application services. (CVE-2022-23253)

  - An elevation of privilege vulnerability. An attacker can     exploit this to gain elevated privileges.
    (CVE-2022-23299, CVE-2022-23298, CVE-2022-23284,     CVE-2022-24454, CVE-2022-24460, CVE-2022-23296,     CVE-2022-24459, CVE-2022-24507, CVE-2022-23293,     CVE-2022-23291, CVE-2022-23290, CVE-2022-23288,     CVE-2022-23283, CVE-2022-24505, CVE-2022-23287,     CVE-2022-23286)

  - An information disclosure vulnerability. An attacker can     exploit this to disclose potentially sensitive     information. (CVE-2022-21977, CVE-2022-22010,     CVE-2022-23281, CVE-2022-23297, CVE-2022-24503)

  - A security feature bypass vulnerability exists. An     attacker can exploit this and bypass the security     feature and perform unauthorized actions compromising     the integrity of the system/application.
    (CVE-2022-24502)

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
158711	KB5011493: Windows 11 Security Update (March 2022)	Nessus	Windows : Microsoft Bulletins	high
158701	KB5011487: Windows 10 Version 20H2 / 21H1 / 21H2 Security Update (March 2022)	Nessus	Windows : Microsoft Bulletins	high
158700	KB5011497: Windows Server 2022 Security Update (March 2022)	Nessus	Windows : Microsoft Bulletins	high

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CVE-2022-24508

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