Vulnerability · CVE-2022-34713
Microsoft Windows Support Diagnostic Tool (MSDT) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Published Aug 9, 2022 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Microsoft Windows
Patch now
CVE-2022-34713 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Aug 30, 2022. Confirm Microsoft Windows against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
Gaps on this record
- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- Severity
- High7.8
- Known exploitation
- CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 67.76%
- Remediation
- Remediation guidance
- Affected products
- cpe microsoft/windows 10 1507 · cpe microsoft/windows 10 1607 · cpe microsoft/windows 10 1809 · cpe microsoft/windows 10 20h2 · cpe microsoft/windows 10 21h1 · cpe microsoft/windows 10 21h2
A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Microsoft Windows MSDT is called using the URL protocol from a calling application.
Are you affected?
Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.
The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.
- cpe microsoft/windows 10 1507version unspecified
- cpe microsoft/windows 10 1607version unspecified
- cpe microsoft/windows 10 1809version unspecified
- cpe microsoft/windows 10 20h2version unspecified
- cpe microsoft/windows 10 21h1version unspecified
- cpe microsoft/windows 10 21h2version unspecified
- cpe microsoft/windows 11 21h2version unspecified
- cpe microsoft/windows 7version unspecified
- vendor Microsoft Windowsversion unspecified
How to fix CVE-2022-34713
Recommended remediation
Apply updates per vendor instructions. CISA due date Aug 30, 2022.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
CVE-2022-34713 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Aug 30, 2022. Confirm Microsoft Windows against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
Which versions are affected?
Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply updates per vendor instructions.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 67.76%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Technology hubs
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Aug 9, 2022 · Catalog
Detected
A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Microsoft Windows MSDT is called using the URL protocol from a calling application.
Aug 9, 2022 · CISA KEV
Known exploited
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Aug 30, 2022 · CISA KEV
Remediation due
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog
Updated
A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Microsoft Windows MSDT is called using the URL protocol from a calling application.
Sources
- CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2022-34713
A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Microsoft Windows MSDT is called using the URL protocol from a calling application.
cisa.gov - CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2022-34713
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2022-34713
30-day exploitation probability 67.8%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2022-34713
Microsoft Windows Support Diagnostic Tool (MSDT) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
nvd.nist.gov - VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2022-34713
A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Microsoft Windows MSDT is called using the URL protocol from a calling application.
vulncheck.com
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.