CVE-2022-37971
Microsoft Windows Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Microsoft Windows Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Microsoft Windows Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Microsoft Windows Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2022-37971- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-40578
Microsoft Windows Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2022-40578- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gqj6-qxwh-7f6p
Microsoft Windows Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability.
Microsoft Windows Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability.
- Record
GHSA-gqj6-qxwh-7f6p- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Microsoft Windows Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2022-37971- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
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-2022-37971 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) in Microsoft Malware Protection Engine, published October 11, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.70%, the 53rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.