Splashtop up to 8.71.12001.0 Software Updater Service unquoted search path

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A vulnerability has been found in Splashtop up to 8.71.12001.0 and classified as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Software Updater Service. The manipulation leads to unquoted search path. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2022-50693. The attack must be carried out locally. In addition, an exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in Splashtop up to 8.71.12001.0. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown part of the component Software Updater Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unquoted search path vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-428. The product uses a search path that contains an unquoted element, in which the element contains whitespace or other separators. This can cause the product to access resources in a parent path. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Splashtop 8.71.12001.0 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the Splashtop Software Updater Service that allows local attackers to potentially execute arbitrary code. Attackers can exploit the unquoted path in C:\Program Files (x86)\Splashtop\Splashtop Software Updater\ to inject malicious executables and escalate privileges.

The weakness was presented by A.i. Hernandez as 51182. The advisory is shared at exploit-db.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-50693 since 12/21/2025. The exploitation is known to be difficult. An attack has to be approached locally. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1574.009 for this issue.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (51182). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• Splashtop

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• 8.71.12001

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