Flaws added in February 2022

From Exploited flaws, HARD’s guide to the flaws being used in attacks
This article lists the flaws CISA added in February 2022. For the newest, see Exploited flaws.

In February 2022, CISA added 32 flaws to its list of vulnerabilities being used in attacks, 19 of them in things people have at home; 10 have been used by ransomware gangs. Most came from Microsoft (16), Apple (3) and Zabbix (2).[1]

Almost all let an attacker take over the product, running their own code or taking full control.

List of flaws

Every flaw CISA added in February 2022, newest first, in plain English, each with an article of its own.[2] marks the ones used in ransomware.

4 added

CVEFlawFound
CVE-2022-24682† Used in ransomwareAt work Synacor Zimbra Collaborate Suite (ZCS). Attackers can run their own code on Synacor Zimbra Collaborate Suite (ZCS). At work
CVE-2017-8570At home Microsoft Office. Attackers can run their own code on Microsoft Office. At home
CVE-2017-0222At home Microsoft Internet Explorer. Attackers can run their own code on Microsoft Internet Explorer. At home
CVE-2014-6352At home Microsoft Windows. Attackers can run their own code on Microsoft Windows. At home

2 added

CVEFlawFound
CVE-2022-23134At work Zabbix Frontend. Attackers can reach parts of Zabbix Frontend that should be locked to them from anywhere, without logging in. At work
CVE-2022-23131At work Zabbix Frontend. Attackers can use Zabbix Frontend to take full control of the machine from anywhere, without logging in. At work

9 added

CVEFlawFound
CVE-2022-24086At work Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source. Attackers can run their own code on Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source. At work
CVE-2022-0609At home Chrome and other Chromium browsers. A booby-trapped web page can corrupt memory in Chrome and other Chromium browsers, which attackers use to take it over. At home
CVE-2019-0752† Used in ransomwareAt home Microsoft Internet Explorer. Attackers can run their own code on Microsoft Internet Explorer. At home
CVE-2018-8174† Used in ransomwareAt home Microsoft Windows. Attackers can run their own code on Microsoft Windows. At home
CVE-2018-20250† Used in ransomwareAt home WinRAR. Attackers can run their own code on WinRAR. At home
CVE-2018-15982† Used in ransomwareAt home Adobe Flash Player. Attackers can run their own code on Adobe Flash Player. At home
CVE-2017-9841At work PHPUnit. Attackers can run commands on PHPUnit. At work
CVE-2014-1761At home Microsoft Word. Attackers can run their own code on Microsoft Word. At home
CVE-2013-3906At home Microsoft Graphics Component. Attackers can run their own code on Microsoft Graphics Component. At home

1 added

CVEFlawFound
CVE-2022-22620At home Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. Attackers can run their own code on Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. At home

15 added

CVEFlawFound
CVE-2021-36934At home Microsoft Windows. Attackers can run their own code on Microsoft Windows. At home
CVE-2020-0796† Used in ransomwareAt work Microsoft SMBv3. Attackers can run their own code on Microsoft SMBv3. At work
CVE-2018-1000861At work Jenkins Stapler Web Framework. Attackers can run their own code on Jenkins Stapler Web Framework. At work
CVE-2017-9791At work Apache Struts 1. Attackers can run their own code on Apache Struts 1. At work
CVE-2017-8464At home Microsoft Windows. Someone who already has a way in can use Microsoft Windows to run their own code. At home
CVE-2017-10271† Used in ransomwareAt work Oracle WebLogic Server. Attackers can run their own code on Oracle WebLogic Server from anywhere, without logging in. At work
CVE-2017-0263At home Microsoft Win32k. Someone who already has a foothold can use Microsoft Win32k to take full control of the machine. At home
CVE-2017-0262At home Microsoft Office. Attackers can run their own code on Microsoft Office. At home
CVE-2017-0145† Used in ransomwareAt work Microsoft SMBv1. Attackers can run their own code on Microsoft SMBv1. At work
CVE-2017-0144† Used in ransomwareAt work Microsoft SMBv1. Attackers can run their own code on Microsoft SMBv1. At work
CVE-2016-3088At work Apache ActiveMQ. Attackers are using a flaw in Apache ActiveMQ. At work
CVE-2015-2051At home D-Link DIR-645 Router. Attackers can run their own code on D-Link DIR-645 Router. At home
CVE-2015-1635At work Microsoft HTTP.sys. Attackers can run their own code on Microsoft HTTP.sys. At work
CVE-2015-1130At home Apple OS X. Attackers can get into Apple OS X without a valid password. At home
CVE-2014-4404At home Apple OS X. Attackers can run their own code on Apple OS X. At home

1 added

CVEFlawFound
CVE-2022-21882† Used in ransomwareAt home Microsoft Win32k. Someone who already has a foothold can use Microsoft Win32k to take full control of the machine. At home

Companies

The flaws were in twelve companies’ products; the most were in Microsoft’s (16).

CompanyFlawsRansomware
Microsoft166
Apple3–
Adobe21
Apache2–
Zabbix2–
D-Link1–
Google1–
Jenkins1–
Oracle11
PHPUnit1–
RARLAB11
Synacor11

Other months

Every month since CISA started the list; February 2022 is outlined.

References

  1. ^ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. “Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog”. Version 2026.10.30, updated 30 Oct 2026. CISA adds a flaw when it has reliable evidence of it being used in attacks; the date is when it was added, not when the attacks began.
  2. ^ HARD. Plain-English summaries written from CISA’s and NVD’s text, on each flaw’s page.

See also Exploited flaws, Companies, and Search for any app or company.