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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

CVE-2022-44698

High
EPSS 66.4%CISA KEVRansomware
Microsoft/Defender

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

CRITICAL
In 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

Affected Product

Microsoft

Defender

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