Vulnerability · Published Mar 9, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2022-24618
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 16% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 83.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Heimdal.Wizard.exe installer in Heimdal Premium Security 2.5.395 and earlier has insecure permissions, which allows unprivileged local users to elevate privileges to SYSTEM via the "Browse For Folder" window accessible by triggering a "Repair" on the MSI package located in C:\Windows\Installer.