CVE-2022-44704

highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.007 · 55 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.74% (55th) EPSS

CVSS 7.8 · high

Is it mine?

23 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Microsoft Windows System Monitor (Sysmon) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

FixedWindows Sysmonmsrc_csaf
14.13:Security Update:https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/sysmon
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/sysmon

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.8highAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:Csecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · secure@microsoft.com USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:Csecondary · Microsoft Security Response Center US

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-264US

affected products (23)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 SP2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:.net_framework:2.0_sp2
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 SP2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:.net_framework:3.0_sp2
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:.net_framework:3.5:-
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:.net_framework:3.5.1
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:.net_framework:4.6
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:.net_framework:4.6.2
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:.net_framework:4.7
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.1all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:.net_framework:4.7.1
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:.net_framework:4.7.2
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:.net_framework:4.8
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8.1all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:.net_framework:4.8.1
Microsoft PowerShell 7.2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:powershell:7.2:-
Microsoft PowerShell 7.3all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:powershell_core:7.3
Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 16.11all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019:16.11
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.0all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:visual_studio:2022_version_17.0
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:visual_studio:2022_version_17.2
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.4all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:visual_studio:2022_version_17.4
Microsoft Windows Sysmonall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:microsoft:windows:sysmon
Microsoft Windows Sysmon1.0 → 14.13enisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Corp Microsoft Windows Sysmonall versionsfstec_bduRU

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advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2022-2307Microsoft Developer Tools: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2022-12-13csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Microsoft Developer Tools ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen und beliebigen Code auszuführen.
msrc_CVE-2022-44704Microsoft Windows System Monitor (Sysmon) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability2022-12-13csaf · msrc_csafUS
To determine the support lifecycle for your software, see the Microsoft Support Lifecycle: https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund msrc_csaf NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2022-12-13modified 2026-06-17

references (6)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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