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CVE-2022-41049

5.4 MEDIUM Known exploited Published 2022-11-09 Modified 2026-08-10 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Microsoft Windows Mark of the Web (MOTW) Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability — Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows Mark of the Web (MOTW) contains a security feature bypass vulnerability resulting in a limited loss of integrity and availability of security features.

Added to KEV
2022-11-14
Remediation due
2022-12-09
Ransomware use
Unknown
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Notes
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2022-41049; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-41049
Status
Analyzed
Published
2022-11-09
Last modified
2026-08-10
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.4 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Description

Windows Mark of the Web Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

Affected configurations

• microsoft windows 10 1507 (< 10.0.10240.19567) • microsoft windows 10 1607 (< 10.0.14393.5501) • microsoft windows 10 1809 (< 10.0.17763.3650) • microsoft windows 10 20h2 (< 10.0.19042.2251) • microsoft windows 10 21h1 (< 10.0.19043.2251) • microsoft windows 10 21h2 (< 10.0.19044.2251) • microsoft windows 10 22h2 (< 10.0.19045.2251) • microsoft windows 11 21h2 (< 10.0.22000.1219) • microsoft windows 11 22h2 (< 10.0.22621.819) • microsoft windows server 2016 (< 10.0.14393.5501) • microsoft windows server 2019 (< 10.0.17763.3650) • microsoft windows server 2022 (< 10.0.20348.1249)

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