medium Known exploitedREV. 01

CVE-2022-41049Windows Mark of the Web — Second Security Feature Bypass

A flaw in Windows Mark of the Web (MOTW) lets an attacker bypass this security feature, causing a limited loss of integrity and availability of security features.

YOUR NEXT MOVE

Install the Microsoft update for CVE-2022-41049 on every Windows system.

Read the risk

THE VITAL STATS
CVSS score
5.4/ 10
CVSS v3.1
EPSS probability
2.6%
Likelihood of exploitation
Attack complexity
Low
Conditions needed to exploit
Known exploited
Yes — CISA KEV
CVE published
2022-11-09
Added to KEV
2022-11-14
CISA due date
2022-12-09
Exploit published
Not recorded
Confidence
medium
Kill chain
defense evasion
MITRE ATT&CK
—
Severity
medium

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

Attacker needsA Windows user must take part in the attack, per the CVSS vector.

Behind the card

3 REFERENCES
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +

Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.

FieldsSourceRetrievedExtractorConfidence
cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, published_at, referencesnvd.nist.gov2026-11-05scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
exploitation.known_exploited, exploitation.kev_added, exploitation.kev_duecisa.gov2026-11-05scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
epssapi.first.org2026-11-05scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
title, subtitle, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisitesnvd.nist.gov2026-11-05claude-codehigh

Printing history

THE RECORD
  1. r1Initial base card

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