CVE-2022-50923
Cobian Backup 0.9 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability that allows local users to execute arbitrary code with elevated system privileges.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.23%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Cobian Backup 0.9 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability that allows local users to execute arbitrary code with elevated system privileges. Attackers can exploit the unquoted binary path in the CobianReflectorService to inject malicious code that will execute with LocalSystem permissions during service startup.
- CVSS 4.0
- 8.5 HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
- EPSS
- 0.23% probability · 13th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-428
- Affected
- cobiansoft/cobian backup
- Source
- disclosure@vulncheck.com
References
- https://www.cobiansoft.com//Product
- https://www.cobiansoft.com/download.php/Product
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50810Exploit, VDB Entry
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/cobian-backup-unquoted-service-pathThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.