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
High
CISA KEVRansomwareCVE-2022-44698
Microsoft—Defender
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.
Required Action
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-44698; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-44698
Vulnerability Overview
- Severity
- High
- CISA KEV
- Yes
- Ransomware
- Known
- Published
- Dec 13, 2022
- KEV Added
- Dec 13, 2022
- Due Date
- Jan 3, 2023
- Related Articles
- 0
Vendor
Microsoft
Defender