CVE-2022-45770
Improper input validation in driver adgnetworkwfpdrv.sys in Adguard For Windows x86 up to version...
Improper input validation in adgnetworkwfpdrv.sys in Adguard For Windows x86 through 7.11 allows local privilege escalation.
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
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Improper input validation in adgnetworkwfpdrv.sys in Adguard For Windows x86 through 7.11 allows local privilege escalation.
- Record
CVE-2022-45770- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List
Improper input validation in adgnetworkwfpdrv.sys in Adguard For Windows x86 through 7.11 allows local privilege escalation.
- Record
CVE-2022-45770- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-48628
Improper input validation in adgnetworkwfpdrv.sys in Adguard For Windows x86 through 7.11 allows local privilege escalation.
- Record
EUVD-2022-48628- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8gg5-pvcf-9jwc
Improper input validation in driver adgnetworkwfpdrv.sys in Adguard For Windows x86 up to version...
Improper input validation in driver adgnetworkwfpdrv.sys in Adguard For Windows x86 up to version 7.11 allows attacker to gain local privileges escalation.
- Record
GHSA-8gg5-pvcf-9jwc- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Improper input validation in adgnetworkwfpdrv.sys in Adguard For Windows x86 through 7.11 allows local privilege escalation.
- Record
CVE-2022-45770- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | Marsel-marsel/CVE-2022-45770 | 2023-01-21 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-45770 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Adguard, published January 26, 2023. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.62%, the 49th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
adguard.com/en/versions/windows/release.html
github.com/Marsel-marsel/CVE-2022-45770
xakep.ru/2023/01/27/aguard-cve
hackmag.com/security/aguard-cve
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-45770