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CVE-2022-33679: Windows Kerberos Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 35/100)

  • Public proof-of-concept code exists (GitHub); there is no record of exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 11.1% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 95.9% of all records.
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
  • According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.
  • Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Low priority for now. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

HighCVSS 8.1 · v3.1—Proof of concept No fix recorded
Published
Sep 13, 2022
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
11.1% · 95th percentile
CWE
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Action score

35

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
32 / 40 · 8.1 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
3 / 30 · 11.1%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
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CNA · microsoft
8.1
NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

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  • Not in KEV: no record of exploitation in the wild
  • Proof of concept exists, no weaponized module
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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
microsoftwindows server 2008
microsoftwindows server 2012
microsoftwindows server 2016
microsoftwindows server 2019
microsoftwindows server 2022

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Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • microsoft windows server 2008all versions
  • microsoft windows server 2008r2
  • microsoft windows server 2012all versions
  • microsoft windows server 2012r2
  • microsoft windows server 2016all versions
  • microsoft windows server 2019all versions
  • microsoft windows server 2022all versions

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (microsoft). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2

    • 6.0.6003.0 and later · before 6.0.6003.21666affected

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1

    • 6.1.7601.0 and later · before 6.1.7601.26115affected

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)

    • 6.1.7601.0 and later · before 6.1.7601.26115affected

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2

    • 6.0.6003.0 and later · before 6.0.6003.21666affected

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)

    • 6.0.6003.0 and later · before 6.0.6003.21666affected

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012

    • 6.2.9200.0 and later · before 6.2.9200.23865affected

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)

    • 6.2.9200.0 and later · before 6.2.9200.23865affected

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2

    • 6.3.9600.0 and later · before 6.3.9600.20571affected

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)

    • 6.3.9600.0 and later · before 6.3.9600.20571affected

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2016

    • 10.0.14393.0 and later · before 10.0.14393.5356affected

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)

    • 10.0.14393.0 and later · before 10.0.14393.5356affected

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2019

    • 10.0.17763.0 and later · before 10.0.17763.3406affected

Same product

microsoft: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

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    99Now
  • CVE-2020-1040A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Hyper-V RemoteFX vGPU on a host server fails to properly validate input from an authenticaKEV
    68This week
  • CVE-2009-3103Array index error in the SMBv2 protocol implementation in srv2.sys in Microsoft Windows Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold a
    68This week

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2022-22039Jul 12, 2022 · Windows Network File System Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
    31Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2022-33647Sep 13, 2022 · Windows Kerberos Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
    33Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2022-34724Sep 13, 2022 · Windows DNS Server Denial of Service Vulnerability
    31Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

Proof of concept available

A public proof of concept or detection signature exists. Exploit knowledge is out there; don't delay patching.

Evidence

  • Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub ×5

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:4152022-11-02
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:42022-11-03
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:72022-11-03
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:42022-11-16
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:02025-09-28

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

  1. Published
  2. First PoC+49 d
  3. TodayOct 27, 2026+1505 d
EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)

Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.

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Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

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CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-secondary

Attack context

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MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.

Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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