CVE-2022-4956

Caphyon Advanced Installer WinSxS DLL uncontrolled search path

State: Published
Severity: 7.8 High
Published: Sep 30, 2023
Updated: Aug 3, 2024
Reserved: Sep 29, 2023

Description

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Caphyon Advanced Installer 19.7. This affects an unknown part of the component WinSxS DLL Handler. The manipulation leads to uncontrolled search path. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 19.7.1 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-240903.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.8 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	VulDB
3.0	7.8 High	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	VulDB
2.0	6.8 Medium	AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C	VulDB

Weaknesses

CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Advanced InstallerCaphyon	19.7Affected

References

https://vuldb.com/?id.240903vdb-entry
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.240903signaturepermissions-required
https://heegong.github.io/posts/Advaned-Installer-Local-Privilege-Escalation-Vulnerability/exploit
https://www.advancedinstaller.com/release-19.7.1.html#bugfixespatch

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