Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2022-35780 is a Microsoft Azure Site Recovery elevation-of-privilege issue. It is business-relevant for organizations using Azure Site Recovery for VMware-to-Azure recovery, because successful abuse could affect integrity and availability of recovery operations. The source bundle does not show active exploitation, and the weakness requires high existing privileges.
Executive priority
Treat this as a targeted medium-priority remediation item. It is not presented as broadly exploited, but affected disaster-recovery infrastructure should be corrected because integrity and availability impacts are high.
Technical view
The CVE affects Microsoft Azure Site Recovery VMware to Azure version 9.0 and is classified as CWE-269, improper privilege management. CVSS 3.1 score is 6.5 with network attack vector, low complexity, high privileges required, no user interaction, and high integrity and availability impact. Confidentiality impact is listed as none.
Likely exposure
Exposure is likely limited to environments running Microsoft Azure Site Recovery VMware to Azure 9.0. Organizations not using that ASR deployment path are not indicated as affected by the provided sources.
Exploitation context
The source bundle marks KEV as false and provides no cited evidence of active exploitation. The CVSS temporal vector includes proof-of-concept exploit maturity, but high privileges are required before exploitation.
Researcher notes
Evidence is sparse beyond the CVE metadata and Microsoft advisory reference. Do not assume affected products beyond Azure Site Recovery VMware to Azure 9.0. Validation should focus on version confirmation, privileged access paths, and vendor remediation status.
Mitigation direction
- Confirm whether Azure Site Recovery VMware to Azure 9.0 is deployed.
- Review the Microsoft MSRC advisory for the official remediation path.
- Apply vendor-provided updates or guidance where the affected deployment exists.
- Restrict privileged ASR administration to approved operators only.
- Monitor ASR configuration changes and recovery-plan administrative activity.
Validation and detection
- Inventory Azure Site Recovery components and record product/version details.
- Verify whether any deployment matches VMware to Azure version 9.0.
- Check patch or remediation status against the MSRC advisory.
- Review privileged account access to ASR management functions.
- Look for unexpected ASR configuration or recovery workflow changes.
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
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ATT&CK lookup starting points
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CWE-269: Authorization and privilege behavior lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookupPrivilege behavior lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 6.5 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
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CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C1.25.2Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
6.5MediumVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- Azure Site Recovery Elevation of Privilege VulnerabilityCVE reference · vendor-advisory
Products and packages named in the record
CWE details
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Improper Privilege Management
Improper Privilege Management represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.