7.2High

Microsoft Windows Server 2008

CVE-2022-37967

Windows Kerberos Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

What this means for your business

  • It affects Microsoft Windows Server 2008. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
  • An attacker can use it remotely, over a network, with an administrator login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.

What to do

  1. 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Microsoft Windows Server 2008, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
  2. 2If you do, apply the vendor's fix. A patch or vendor advisory has been published.

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Scoring

CVSS
7.2 (v3.1)
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Assigned by
secure@microsoft.com

Dates

Published
2022-11-09
Last modified
2026-08-10
Sources
NVD

Affected products

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008all versions, r2
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012all versions, r2
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2016all versions
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2019all versions
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2022all versions
  • Fedoraproject Fedora36, 37
  • Netapp Management Services For Element Softwareall versions
  • Netapp Management Services For Netapp Hciall versions
  • Samba Samba- 4.15.13, 4.16.0 - 4.16.8, 4.17.0 - 4.17.4

As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.

References