CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
This vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild and listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
Remediation Deadline: Jan 3, 2023
Description
Microsoft Defender SmartScreen contains a security feature bypass vulnerability that could allow an attacker to evade Mark of the Web (MOTW) defenses via a specially crafted malicious file.
EPSS — Exploit Probability
66.4%
Higher than 98.5% of all CVEs
Required Action
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-44698; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-44698
Risk Assessment
CRITICALIn CISA KEV
High EPSS
Ransomware
Details
- Severity
- High
- EPSS
- 66.4%
- CISA KEV
- Yes
- Ransomware
- Known
- Articles
- 0
Timeline
Published
Dec 13, 2022
Added to KEV
Dec 13, 2022
Remediation Due
Jan 3, 2023