CVE-2022-38176
Incorrect privileges were configured as part of the installer package for the Client V3 services, allowing for local user privilege escalation by overwriting the executable file via an alternative data stream.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.39%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue was discovered in YSoft SAFEQ 6 before 6.0.72. Incorrect privileges were configured as part of the installer package for the Client V3 services, allowing for local user privilege escalation by overwriting the executable file via an alternative data stream. NOTE: this is not the same as CVE-2021-31859.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.39% probability · 32th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- ysoft/safeq
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://www.ysoft.com/en/legal/ysoft-safeq-client-v3-local-privilege-escalationVendor Advisory
- https://ysoft.comVendor Advisory
- https://www.ysoft.com/en/legal/ysoft-safeq-client-v3-local-privilege-escalationVendor Advisory
- https://ysoft.comVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.