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CVE-2022-38047:
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Overview
Windows Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2022-38047) was disclosed in October 2022 as part of Microsoft's Patch Tuesday updates. This vulnerability is one of seven critical vulnerabilities affecting the Windows point-to-point tunneling protocol, which is a network protocol used to create VPN tunnels between public networks (Talos Blog).
Technical details
The vulnerability received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.1 (HIGH) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-362 (Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization - Race Condition) (NVD).
Impact
A successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute remote code on the target machine. The attack requires sending a specially crafted malicious PPTP packet to a PPTP server (Lansweeper).
Mitigation and workarounds
Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability as part of the October 2022 Patch Tuesday updates. System administrators are urged to apply these updates as soon as possible to secure their endpoints (Lansweeper).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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