CVE-2022-35833
vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Windows Secure Channel Denial of Service Vulnerability (CVE-2022-35833) was disclosed on September 13, 2022. This vulnerability affects multiple versions of Microsoft Windows operating systems, including Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server. This CVE is unique from CVE-2022-30196 (Microsoft Update).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 HIGH with a vector string of CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H, indicating that it can be exploited over the network with low attack complexity and requires no privileges or user interaction (NVD).

Impact

If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could allow an attacker to perform a denial of service attack against the Windows Secure Channel component, potentially disrupting the system's security services (Rapid7).

Mitigation and workarounds

Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability. Users should apply the appropriate patches for their Windows version through Windows Update or by downloading and installing the relevant security updates (Microsoft Update).

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