CVE-2022-44698
Windows SmartScreen Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Windows SmartScreen Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Windows SmartScreen Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Windows SmartScreen Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2022-44698- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L/E:F/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-47632
Windows SmartScreen Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2022-47632- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L/E:F/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-22vx-vmhj-v8m6
Windows SmartScreen Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability.
Windows SmartScreen Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability.
- Record
GHSA-22vx-vmhj-v8m6- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CISA KEV No score
Microsoft Defender SmartScreen Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Microsoft Defender SmartScreen contains a security feature bypass vulnerability that could allow an attacker to evade Mark of the Web (MOTW) defenses via a specially crafted malicious file.
- Record
CVE-2022-44698- Weakness
- CWE-755
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Windows SmartScreen Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2022-44698- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- microsoft defender
- microsoft windows 10 version 1607
- microsoft windows 10 version 1809
- microsoft windows 10 version 20h2
- microsoft windows 10 version 21h1
- microsoft windows 10 version 21h2
- microsoft windows 10 version 22h2
- microsoft windows 11 version 21h2
- microsoft windows server 2016
- microsoft windows server 2019
- microsoft windows server 2022
- microsoft windows 10 1607
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| exploitation | ||
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, CISA KEV, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-44698 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Microsoft Defender, published December 13, 2022. CISA lists it as known to be exploited, since December 13, 2022. EUVD reports exploitation since December 13, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 74.8%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-44698
cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-44698
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-44698
portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2022-44698
secpod.com/blog/https-www-secpod-com-blog-microsofts-november-2022-patch-tuesday-fixes-48-vulnerabilities-including-2-zero-days
github.com/advisories/GHSA-22vx-vmhj-v8m6