Microsoft — Microsoft Windows Common Log File System (CLFS) Driver Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
CISA KEV · in the CISA KEV catalog since 2022-09-14
Listed in the CISA KEV catalog, and associated with known ransomware campaigns.
Patch This Cycle
The priority band answers “how soon”, not “how bad” — see Methodology for what it weighs and where it abstains.
| Measure | Value | Source | What it means |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS base score | 7.8 | NVD | How severe the flaw is in itself. It does not say how likely an attack is. |
| FIRST EPSS | 0.283 (98.1st pctl) | FIRST | FIRST's estimate of the chance this is exploited in the next 30 days, and how that ranks against all CVEs. |
| Actively exploited | Confirmed | CISA KEV | Whether a source of record has confirmed attacks using it in the wild. |
| Ransomware campaign use | Known | CISA KEV | Whether CISA has seen ransomware operators use it. |
| CISA remediation deadline | 2022-10-05 — KEV since 2022 · listed over a year | CISA KEV | The date US federal agencies must have fixed or mitigated it. |
This page is an opinion about urgency. Where it and a source of record disagree, the source of record is the record.
Where this sits
CVE-2022-37969 is a Microsoft entry in the CISA KEV catalog. The priority feed ranks Microsoft's current monthly release rather than older Microsoft CVEs, so this one is not listed there; the page above scores it from the same sources.
