Vulnerability · Published Sep 6, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2022-38176
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 0.4% (higher than 34% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 66.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official 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.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://ysoft.com x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.ysoft.com/en/legal/ysoft-safeq-client-v3-local-privilege-escalation x_refsource_MISC