CVE-2022-44698

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Description

Windows SmartScreen Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

References

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-44698

https://www.mandiant.com/resources/blog/zero-days-exploited-2022

https://blog.google/threat-analysis-group/magniber-ransomware-actors-used-a-variant-of-microsoft-smartscreen-bypass/

https://www.tenable.com/cyber-exposure/tenable-2022-threat-landscape-report

https://www.tenable.com/blog/microsofts-feb-2024-patch-tuesday-cve-2024-21351-cve-2024-21412

https://www.tenable.com/blog/microsofts-november-2023-patch-tuesday-addresses-57-cves-cve-2023-36025

https://www.tenable.com/blog/microsofts-july-2023-patch-tuesday-addresses-130-cves-cve-2023-36884

https://www.tenable.com/blog/microsofts-december-2022-patch-tuesday-addresses-48-cves-cve-2022-44698

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-44698

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2022-12-13

Updated: 2025-10-30

Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.4

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.67219