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Fencer Vulns
high 7.8

CVE-2022-23748 kev in the critical feed json

mDNSResponder.exe is vulnerable to DLL Sideloading attack.

published 2022-11-17 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-28684

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Exploited
added 2025-02-06
epss
8.3%
EPSS 8.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

mDNSResponder.exe is vulnerable to DLL Sideloading attack. Executable improperly specifies how to load the DLL, from which folder and under what conditions. In these scenarios, a malicious attacker could be using the valid and legitimate executable to load malicious files.

Patch / fix

cisa required action Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. Added to CISA KEV
  3. CISA SSVC: exploitation active
  4. CISA patch deadline

Known exploited

Added
21 mo ago
Patch by
2025-02-27 (20 mo ago)
Ransomware
Not known
Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Vendor, product
Audinate, Dante Discovery
CISA name
Dante Discovery Process Control Vulnerability

ATT&CK techniques

How it is exploited and what it leads to, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

  • T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter exploitation
  • T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution exploitation

kev release 2025-07-28, att&ck v16.1. KEV to ATT&CK mappings by the MITRE Center for Threat-Informed Defense (Mappings Explorer, Apache-2.0). © 2026 The MITRE Corporation. This work is reproduced and distributed with the permission of The MITRE Corporation. Terms of use

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Active, exploited in the wild
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
21 mo ago

Exploit prediction

8.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • n/a Audinate Dante Application Library for Windows

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.