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CVE-2022-21999

Windows Print Spooler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVSS 7.8 (HIGH) KEV: KNOWN CATALOG

Attention and evidence

HYPE SCORE

0.0/10

REALITY · THREAT PRIORITY

8.4/10

General review priority; not probability

Evidence confidence: Exploitation recorded

Why this priority?

Recorded exploitation baseline: +7.00
Technical severity: CVSS 7.8: +1.17
Fresh EPSS: 41.01%: +0.21

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

Sources: 10 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

GreyNoise

Press · 02 Feb 2026, 08:00 · The Noise in the Silence: Unmasking CISA's Hidden KEV Ransomware Updates - GreyNoise

Dark Reading

Press · 29 Jan 2025, 08:00 · PrintNightmare Aftermath: Windows Print Spooler Is Better. What's Next? - Dark Reading

BleepingComputer

Press · 08 Dec 2023, 08:00 · Privilege elevation exploits used in over 50% of insider attacks - BleepingComputer

Help Net Security

Press · 13 Jun 2022, 07:00 · Metasploit 6.2.0 comes with 138 new modules, 148 enhancements and features - Help Net Security

BleepingComputer

Press · 13 Jun 2022, 07:00 · Metasploit 6.2.0 improves credential theft, SMB support features, more - BleepingComputer

See all 10 source documents

Rapid7

Press · 09 Jun 2022, 07:00 · Announcing Metasploit 6.2 - Rapid7

BleepingComputer

Press · 26 Mar 2022, 07:00 · CISA adds 66 vulnerabilities to list of bugs exploited in attacks - BleepingComputer

Rapid7

Press · 18 Mar 2022, 07:00 · Metasploit Weekly Wrap-Up: Mar. 18, 2022 - Rapid7

TechTarget

Press · 09 Feb 2022, 08:00 · After rough January, IT gets a mild February Patch Tuesday - TechTarget

Sophos

Press · 09 Feb 2022, 08:00 · Microsoft Fixes 52 Vulnerabilities in February, 2022 Patches - Sophos

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 8.4 (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 7.8; EPSS 41.0%
Attention, last 30 days: 0 distinct story titles; 0 press documents; 0 publisher domains.
Technical potential: local access, low privileges, no user interaction.
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

First press mention

09 Feb 2022, 08:00

Published

09 Feb 2022, 16:36

Added to the CISA KEV catalog

25 Mar 2022, 00:00

Latest press mention

02 Feb 2026, 08:00

Score calculated

05 Nov 2026, 13:58