High Threat Security Alert (A22-07-07): Multiple Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Products (July 2022)


 

Published on: 13 July 2022

  
  

Description:

Microsoft has released security updates addressing multiple vulnerabilities which affect several Microsoft products or components. The list of security updates can be found at:

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/releaseNote/2022-Jul

Reports indicated that an elevation of privilege vulnerability (CVE-2022-22047) in Microsoft Windows and Server is being actively exploited in the wild. In addition, multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-22029, CVE-2022-22038, CVE-2022-22039, CVE-2022-30216 and CVE-2022-30221) are also at a high risk of exploitation. System administrators are advised to take immediate action to patch your affected systems to mitigate the elevated risk of cyber attacks.

 

Affected Systems:

  • Microsoft Windows 7, 8.1, RT 8.1, 10, 11
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2, 2016, 2019, 2022
  • Microsoft Windows Server, version 20H2
  • Microsoft Office 2013, 2013 RT, 2016, 2019, LTSC 2021
  • Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise
  • Azure Site Recovery VMWare to Azure
  • Azure Storage Blobs client library for .NET, Java, Python
  • Azure Storage Queues client library for .NET, Python
  • Microsoft Lync Server 2013
  • Remote Desktop client for Windows Desktop
  • Skype for Business Server 2015, 2019

 

Impact:

Depending on the vulnerability exploited, a successful attack could lead to remote code execution, denial of service, elevation of privilege, information disclosure, security feature bypass and tampering.

 

Recommendation:

Patches for affected products are available from the Windows Update / Microsoft Update Catalog. Users of affected systems should follow the recommendations provided by the product vendor and take immediate actions to mitigate the risk.

 

More Information:

  • https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/releaseNote/2022-Jul
  • https://www.hkcert.org/security-bulletin/microsoft-monthly-security-update-july-2022
  • https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ncas/current-activity/2022/07/12/microsoft-releases-july-2022-security-updates
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-21845
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-22022 (to CVE-2022-22029)
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-22031
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-22034
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-22036 (to CVE-2022-22043)
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-22045
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-22047 (to CVE-2022-22050)
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-22711
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-23816
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-23825
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-27776
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-30181
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-30187
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-30202 (to CVE-2022-30203)
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-30205 (to CVE-2022-30206)
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-30208 (to CVE-2022-30209)
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-30211 (to CVE-2022-30216)
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-30220 (to CVE-2022-30226)
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-33632 (to CVE-2022-33633)
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-33637
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-33641 (to CVE-2022-33644)
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-33650 (to CVE-2022-33669)
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-33671 (to CVE-2022-33678)


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