CVE-2022-38023 — Netlogon RPC Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Executive Summary

None

Overview

8.1

CVSS HIGH

Important

MS Severity

Not Exploited

MS Exploit Status

More Likely

MS Exploit Likelihood

Category Elevation of Privilege

Released Nov 8 2022

Last Updated Nov 8 2022

Publicly Disclosed No

CISA KEV Not Listed

Known Exploits None Known

EPSS Score 0.02559 — 0.83052 percentile

CVSS Vector

ATTACK VECTOR

Network

ATTACK COMPLEXITY

High

PRIVILEGES REQUIRED

None

USER INTERACTION

None

SCOPE

Unchanged

Temporal Score: 7.1

EPSS Score

0.02559

probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

0.83052 percentile - updated 2026-06-20

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Affected Products

16 affected products

Product	KB Article	Severity	Impact	Restart Required
Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2	`5028222 (Monthly Rollup) 5028226 (Security Only)`	Important	Elevation of Privilege	Yes
Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)	`5028222 (Monthly Rollup) 5028226 (Security Only)`	Important	Elevation of Privilege	Yes
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2	`5028222 (Monthly Rollup) 5028226 (Security Only)`	Important	Elevation of Privilege	Yes
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)	`5028222 (Monthly Rollup) 5028226 (Security Only)`	Important	Elevation of Privilege	Yes
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1	`5028240 (Monthly Rollup) 5028224 (Security Only)`	Important	Elevation of Privilege	Yes
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)	`5028240 (Monthly Rollup) 5028224 (Security Only)`	Important	Elevation of Privilege	Yes
Windows Server 2012	`5028232 (Monthly Rollup) 5028233 (Security Only)`	Important	Elevation of Privilege	Yes
Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)	`5028232 (Monthly Rollup) 5028233 (Security Only)`	Important	Elevation of Privilege	Yes
Windows Server 2012 R2	`5028228 (Monthly Rollup) 5028223 (Security Only)`	Important	Elevation of Privilege	Yes
Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)	`5028228 (Monthly Rollup) 5028223 (Security Only)`	Important	Elevation of Privilege	Yes
Windows Server 2016	`5028169 (Security Update)`	Important	Elevation of Privilege	Yes
Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)	`5028169 (Security Update)`	Important	Elevation of Privilege	Yes
Windows Server 2019	`5028168 (Security Update)`	Important	Elevation of Privilege	Yes
Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)	`5028168 (Security Update)`	Important	Elevation of Privilege	Yes
Windows Server 2022	`5028171 (Security Update)`	Important	Elevation of Privilege	Yes
Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)	`5028171 (Security Update)`	Important	Elevation of Privilege	Yes

Patches

7 patches

Article	Type	Restart
`5028222 (Monthly Rollup) 5028226`	Monthly Rollup	Yes
`5028240 (Monthly Rollup) 5028224`	Monthly Rollup	Yes
`5028232 (Monthly Rollup) 5028233`	Monthly Rollup	Yes
`5028228 (Monthly Rollup) 5028223`	Monthly Rollup	Yes
`5028169`	Security Update	Yes
`5028168`	Security Update	Yes
`5028171`	Security Update	Yes

Known Exploits

No known exploits have been linked for this CVE yet. When available, exploit references will be sourced from public repositories and may be unverified, incomplete, or non-functional. Always review code carefully before use in any environment.

Acknowledgments

Microsoft has not published researcher acknowledgments for this CVE, or they are not yet reflected in our data source. Check the MSRC advisory directly for the most current credit information.

References

MSRC Advisory MITRE NVD