CVE-2022-41033
Microsoft Windows · Operating systems
Microsoft Windows COM+ Event System Service Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
At a glance
Exploited. Added to CISA’s catalog of exploited vulnerabilities on October 11, 2022.
Affected product: Microsoft Windows (category Operating systems, indicative classification). Name in CISA’s catalog: Microsoft Windows COM+ Event System Service.
Microsoft component: RPC, COM and OLE (Windows: services and components).
What should I do?
Apply the security update from Microsoft.
Deadline set by CISA for US federal agencies: 21 days (due November 1, 2022). It only binds those agencies, but it is a useful measure of urgency.
- CVE-2022-41033 in Microsoft’s Security Update Guide
- Microsoft security advisories page (general page, not the advisory for this vulnerability)
- The vendor’s specific advisory is listed in the NVD references: CVE-2022-41033 on the NVD website.
Original text of the required action (CISA)
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Timeline
- Vulnerability published Publication date (NVD)
- Exploitation confirmed Added to CISA’s KEV catalog
- CISA deadline Remediation deadline set for US federal agencies
The facts, with their sources
- Exploitation confirmed
- Yes, on October 11, 2022 Date added to the catalog of exploited vulnerabilities. Exploitation itself may have started earlier. Source: KEV catalog, collected September 29, 2026 at 11:25 UTC
- Ransomware
- No known use to date That does not guarantee it is not being used: the information is not public. Source: KEV catalog, collected September 29, 2026 at 11:25 UTC
- Hunt for compromise
- Not requested by CISA Source: KEV catalog, collected September 29, 2026 at 11:25 UTC
- CISA required action
- Apply the security update from Microsoft. Rewritten by this site from CISA’s original text. Source: KEV catalog, collected September 29, 2026 at 11:25 UTC
- CISA deadline
- November 1, 2022, 21 days Set for US federal agencies: a measure of urgency, not an obligation elsewhere. Source: KEV catalog, collected September 29, 2026 at 11:25 UTC
- Microsoft patch
- Not available Source: Security Update Guide, collected September 29, 2026 at 11:26 UTC
- Vulnerability published
- October 11, 2022 Source: National Vulnerability Database (NVD), collected September 29, 2026 at 11:29 UTC
- Product according to CISA
- Microsoft Windows COM+ Event System Service Filed by this site under “Operating systems” (indicative classification). Source: KEV catalog, collected September 29, 2026 at 11:25 UTC
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Technical detail of the score: attack vector, complexity, impact. Source: National Vulnerability Database (NVD), collected September 29, 2026 at 11:29 UTC
Severity and activity
Score from the vendor or CISA, relayed by the NVD. Collected Sep 29, 2026.
FIRST’s EPSS model. Since exploitation is already confirmed, this figure is mostly useful to compare activity. Collected Sep 29, 2026.
Description
Windows COM+ Event System Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Official description from the NVD, collected Sep 29, 2026. CVE® description © The MITRE Corporation.
Microsoft Windows COM+ Event System Service contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation.
Summary from CISA (KEV catalog).
CERT-FR advisories
No advisory among the latest CERT-FR publications this site follows. That does not mean there are none.
Information reused under the Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab); the date of last update is shown for each advisory. This site is neither affiliated with nor endorsed by ANSSI.
Sources for this page
- CISA KEV catalog: exploitation, date added, required action, deadline, ransomware.
- Microsoft Security Update Guide: product, patch.
- NVD (NIST): CVSS severity, publication date, description, vendor references.
- EPSS (FIRST): probability of exploitation.
- CERT-FR: advisories and alerts (in French).
- Brand and category: indicative classification by this site (method).