high Known exploitedREV. 01
CVE-2022-44698Windows SmartScreen — Crafted File Bypasses Mark of the Web
A specially crafted malicious file can evade the Mark of the Web (MOTW) defenses in Microsoft Defender SmartScreen. Ransomware campaigns are known to use this flaw.
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THE VITAL STATS- CVSS score
- 5.4/ 10 CVSS v3.1
- EPSS probability
- 74.8% Likelihood of exploitation
- Attack complexity
- Low Conditions needed to exploit
- Known exploited
- Yes — CISA KEV
- CVE published
- 2022-12-13
- Added to KEV
- 2022-12-13
- CISA due date
- 2023-01-03
- Exploit published
- Not recorded
- Confidence
- high
- Kill chain
- defense evasion
- MITRE ATT&CK
- —
- Severity
- high
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Attacker needsA user must open a specially crafted malicious file.
Behind the card
3 REFERENCES- 01CVE recordNVD recordnvd.nist.gov
- 02CISACISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogcisa.gov
- 03Vendor advisorymsrc.microsoft.commsrc.microsoft.com
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +
Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.
| Fields | Source | Retrieved | Extractor | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, published_at, references | nvd.nist.gov | 2026-11-05 | scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1 | high |
| exploitation.known_exploited, exploitation.kev_added, exploitation.kev_due | cisa.gov | 2026-11-05 | scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1 | high |
| epss | api.first.org | 2026-11-05 | scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1 | high |
| title, subtitle, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisites | nvd.nist.gov | 2026-11-05 | claude-code | high |
Printing history
THE RECORD- r1Initial base card
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