CVE-2022-21925
Windows BackupKey Remote Protocol Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Windows BackupKey Remote Protocol Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Windows BackupKey Remote Protocol Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Windows BackupKey Remote Protocol Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2022-21925- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-27081
Windows BackupKey Remote Protocol Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2022-27081- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5xq3-7x4j-x2jc
Windows BackupKey Remote Protocol Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability.
Windows BackupKey Remote Protocol Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability.
- Record
GHSA-5xq3-7x4j-x2jc- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Windows BackupKey Remote Protocol Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2022-21925- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.4 Medium
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- microsoft windows 7
- microsoft windows 7 service pack 1
- microsoft windows server 2008 service pack 2
- microsoft windows server 2008 r2 service pack 1
- microsoft windows server 2008 r2 service pack 1 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server 2008 service pack 2
- microsoft windows server 2008 service pack 2 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server 2008
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-21925 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Microsoft Windows 7, published January 11, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.07%, the 87th percentile. No source names a fixed version.