# CVE-2022-30190: Microsoft - RCE

> Live exploitation tracking for CVE-2022-30190 by the CrowdSec Live Exploit Tracker, built from real-world attack data crowdsourced from CrowdSec's global network.

Page: https://tracker.crowdsec.net/cves/CVE-2022-30190

## Key facts

- **Exploitation phase:** Limited Exploitation. The vulnerability is known but shows very limited attacker interest or exploitation activity.
- **CVSS score:** 7.8
- **Public exploit available:** Yes
- **Affected products:** Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
- **Weaknesses:** CWE-610 (Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere)
- **Tags:** windows

## Description

A remote code execution vulnerability exists when MSDT is called using the URL protocol from a calling application such as Word. An attacker who successfully exploits this vulnerability can run arbitrary code with the privileges of the calling application.

## CrowdSec analysis

[CVE-2022-30190](https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/CVE-2022-30190) is a vulnerability in Microsoft products that allows remote code execution via the MSDT URL protocol.

CrowdSec has been tracking this vulnerability and its exploits since 21st of July 2022.

CrowdSec has not observed any significant exploitation activity targeting CVE-2022-30190 across its network. As a result, no community-driven trend analysis is available for this vulnerability at this time.

This vulnerability is exploited by crafting a malicious document that triggers the MSDT URL protocol, allowing the attacker to execute arbitrary code.

## Timeline

- 2022-06-01: CVE Published. CVE-2022-30190 is published to NVD.
- 2022-06-14: CISA KEV. CVE-2022-30190 is added to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog by CISA.
- 2022-07-05: CISA Remediation Deadline. Expiration of the CISA remediation deadline as described in [BOD 22-01](https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-22-01-reducing-significant-risk-known-exploited-vulnerabilities).
- 2022-07-21: Rule Released. CrowdSec releases a rule to detect CVE-2022-30190 exploitation attempts against the CrowdSec Network.
- 2026-09-21: CrowdSec First Seen. CrowdSec observes in-the-wild exploitation of CVE-2022-30190 for the first time.

## References

- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-30190

## Live exploitation data

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