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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2022-29137
CVE-2022-29137:
vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
Windows Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability, identified as CVE-2022-29137, was discovered and disclosed on April 12, 2022. This vulnerability affects multiple versions of Microsoft Windows systems including Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows Server 2008-2022, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, and Windows RT 8.1 (CVE Mitre, NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v2 score of 6.5 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P), indicating network exploitability with low attack complexity requiring single authentication, and potentially impacting partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability (Rapid7).
Impact
If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute remote code on the affected systems through the Windows Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) service (CVE Mitre).
Mitigation and workarounds
Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability. Multiple KB patches are available for different versions of affected systems, including KB5013941, KB5013942, KB5013943, KB5013944, KB5013945, KB5013952, KB5013963, KB5014001, and KB5014018 (Rapid7).
Additional resources
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