Vulnerability in Gbgplc Acuant Acufill Sdk
CVE-2022-48221
An issue was discovered in Acuant AcuFill SDK before 10.22.02.03. Multiple MSI's get executed out of a standard-user writable directory. Through a race condition and OpLock manipulation, these files can be overwritten by a standard user. They then get executed by the elevated installer. This gives a standard user full SYSTEM code execution (elevation of privileges).
Vulnerability class: Race Condition
EPSS: 0.005 (40.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Gbgplc Acuant_acufill_sdk
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (Not Applicable)
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-48221?
- CVE-2022-48221 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gbgplc Acuant Acufill Sdk, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-04-04.
- How severe is CVE-2022-48221?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.