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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2022-22048
CVE-2022-22048:
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Overview
BitLocker Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability (CVE-2022-22048) was discovered and disclosed in December 2021, affecting various versions of Microsoft Windows operating systems. The vulnerability was officially published on July 12, 2022, and impacts the BitLocker security feature in Windows (Rapid7).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS score of 7.0 with the vector (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N), indicating local access is required, low attack complexity, and potential for complete confidentiality and integrity compromise, but no impact on availability (Rapid7).
Impact
This security feature bypass vulnerability in BitLocker could potentially allow attackers with local access to bypass BitLocker encryption protections, potentially compromising the confidentiality and integrity of protected data (Rapid7).
Mitigation and workarounds
Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability across multiple Windows versions, including Windows 10 (versions 1507 through 21H2), Windows 11 21H2, Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2, 2016, 2019, and 2022. Users are advised to apply the appropriate security updates for their system version (Rapid7).
Additional resources
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