CVE-2022-21919

Windows User Profile Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVSS 7.0 (HIGH) KEV: KNOWN CATALOG

Attention and evidence

HYPE SCORE

0.0/10

REALITY · THREAT PRIORITY

8.1/10

General review priority; not probability

Evidence confidence: Exploitation recorded

Why this priority?

Recorded exploitation baseline: +7.00
Technical severity: CVSS 7: +1.05
Fresh EPSS: 2.57%: +0.01

General review priority, not probability, victim count or asset-specific risk. A range covers missing CVSS/EPSS inputs within the current evidence state.

Sources: 5 documents and public datasets.

Hype components

Headline sample (25%)

0/100

Press, 30 days (60%)

0/100

Grounded branding (15%)

0/100

HYPE TOTAL0/100

Sources and documents

Securelist

Press · 27 May 2022, 07:00 · PC malware statistics, Q1 2022 - Securelist

BleepingComputer

Press · 21 Mar 2022, 07:00 · Windows zero-day flaw giving admin rights gets unofficial patch, again - BleepingComputer

Forbes

Press · 14 Jan 2022, 08:00 · Microsoft January 2022 Patch Tuesday Fixes 97 Vulnerabilities, Six Zero-Day - Forbes

Kaspersky

Press · 13 Jan 2022, 08:00 · Microsoft patches about 100 vulnerabilities, 9 of them critical - Kaspersky

TechTarget

Press · 12 Jan 2022, 08:00 · Exchange Server woes continue on January Patch Tuesday - TechTarget

Score evolution

● Hype ● Reality

Earlier evidence-support scores are retained in history; this chart shows only the current priority definition.

First record: hype 0.0 · reality 8.1 (2026-11-02 15:13). The curve appears once the score changes.

Public exploit evidence

Public exploit entries / repo candidates

Evidence context and dated references

Reality is general threat/review priority, combining observed exploitation, CVSS severity and fresh EPSS. Evidence confidence is separate. This is not calibrated risk, a victim count or an asset-specific assessment. A range reflects missing numeric inputs.

Evidence in context

Confidence in exploitation evidence: Exploitation recorded
Priority basis: Recorded exploitation; CVSS 7; EPSS 2.6%
Attention, last 30 days: 0 distinct story titles; 0 press documents; 0 publisher domains.
Technical potential: local access, low privileges, no user interaction, additional attack conditions.
Observed activity: Exploitation recorded in CISA KEV.
Known scale: Not quantified.
Evidence confidence basis: Trusted exploitation confirmation

Score evaluated: 2026-11-05 13:58:35.128013+00:00 · EPSS snapshot: 2026-11-05T12:03:04Z

Source event timeline

Published

11 Jan 2022, 20:23

First press mention

12 Jan 2022, 08:00

Added to the CISA KEV catalog

25 Apr 2022, 00:00

Latest press mention

27 May 2022, 07:00

Score calculated

05 Nov 2026, 13:58