Acuant AcuFill SD prior 10.22.02.03 certutil.exe uncontrolled search path

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Acuant AcuFill SD. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file certutil.exe. This manipulation causes an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2022-48222. The attack needs to be launched locally. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Acuant AcuFill SD. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the file certutil.exe. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-427. The product uses a fixed or controlled search path to find resources, but one or more locations in that path can be under the control of unintended actors. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in Acuant AcuFill SDK before 10.22.02.03. During SDK installation, certutil.exe is called by the Acuant installer to install certificates. This window is not hidden, and is running with elevated privileges. A standard user can break out of this window, obtaining a full SYSTEM command prompt window. This results in complete compromise via arbitrary SYSTEM code execution (elevation of privileges).

The weakness was published 04/04/2023. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2022-48222 since 01/06/2023. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1574 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 10.22.02.03 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Uncontrolled search path
CWE: CWE-427 / CWE-426
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: AcuFill SD 10.22.02.03

Timelineinfo

01/06/2023 🔍
04/04/2023 +87 days 🔍
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04/22/2023 +18 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: acuant.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-48222 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-48222
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-224935

Entryinfo

Created: 04/04/2023 18:44
Updated: 04/22/2023 11:11
Changes: 04/04/2023 18:44 (37), 04/22/2023 11:04 (1), 04/22/2023 11:11 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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