What is CVE-2022-27905?

CVE-2022-27905 is a high-severity vulnerability in Controlup, classified under Unquoted Search Path or Element. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2022-04-27.

How severe is CVE-2022-27905?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Controlup

CVE-2022-27905

In ControlUp Real-Time Agent before 8.6, an unquoted path can result in privilege escalation. An attacker would require write permissions to the root level of the OS drive (C:\) to exploit this.

EPSS: 0.010 (60.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Controlup
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-428 — Unquoted Search Path or Element

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-27905?: CVE-2022-27905 is a high-severity vulnerability in Controlup, classified under Unquoted Search Path or Element. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2022-04-27.
How severe is CVE-2022-27905?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.