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CVE-2022-37974:
vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
CVE-2022-37974 is a Windows Mixed Reality Developer Tools Information Disclosure Vulnerability that affects various versions of Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability was disclosed and published on October 11, 2022, with the latest modification date being January 2, 2025 (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 6.5 (MEDIUM) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N. This indicates that the vulnerability is network-accessible, requires low attack complexity, needs no privileges, requires user interaction, and can result in high confidentiality impact without affecting integrity or availability (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability could lead to information disclosure in Windows Mixed Reality Developer Tools. The successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to access sensitive information (MSRC).
Mitigation and workarounds
Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability. The fixes are available through various KB updates including KB5018410 for Windows 10 (21H1, 21H2), KB5018418 for Windows 11 21H2, and KB5018427 for Windows 11 22H2 (Rapid7).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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