CVE-2022-23748
Dante Discovery Process Control Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 27 February 2025). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 9.09% probability · 95th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Listed 6 February 2025 · due 27 February 2025
- Weakness
- CWE-114, CWE-426
- Affected
- audinate/dante application library
- Source
- cve@checkpoint.com
CISA notes
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. https://www.getdante.com/support/faq/audinate-response-to-dante-discovery-mdnsresponder-exe-security-issue-cve-2022-23748/ ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23748
References
- https://cpr-zero.checkpoint.com/vulns/cprid-2193/%2CBroken Link
- https://www.audinate.com/learning/faqs/audinate-response-to-dante-discovery-mdnsresponder-exe-security-issue-cve-2022-23748Vendor Advisory
- https://cpr-zero.checkpoint.com/vulns/cprid-2193/%2CBroken Link
- https://www.audinate.com/learning/faqs/audinate-response-to-dante-discovery-mdnsresponder-exe-security-issue-cve-2022-23748Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-23748US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.