CVE-2022-44698 is a Windows SmartScreen security feature bypass vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The provided content identifies it as a SmartScreen zero-day patched by Microsoft in December 2022 with a CVSSv3 score of 5.4. Based on the available information, successful exploitation allows an attacker to evade or bypass SmartScreen protections and associated trust/warning checks that are intended to alert users before opening potentially unsafe content. The specific vulnerable function or code path is not described in the provided content.
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A Windows SmartScreen security feature bypass vulnerability referenced as part of a set of SmartScreen zero-days.
A previously patched Windows SmartScreen vulnerability referenced as part of a series of SmartScreen zero-days.
Referenced prior zero-day (MOTW-related context) exploited in the wild and later patched by Microsoft in December 2022.
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