Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Defender For Endpoint

CVE-2022-29800

A time-of-check-time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition vulnerability was found in networkd-dispatcher. This flaw exists because there is a certain time between the scripts being discovered and them being run. An attacker can abuse this vulnerability to replace scripts that networkd-dispatcher believes to be owned by root with ones that are not.

Vulnerability class: TOCTOU (Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use)

EPSS: 0.071 (93.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-29800?
CVE-2022-29800 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Defender For Endpoint, classified under Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2022-09-21.
How severe is CVE-2022-29800?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-29800 known to be exploited?
6 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.