Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-23909

HighPublic PoC

Published: 05 April 2022

Published
05 April 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0022 44.2th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-23909 is a high-severity Unquoted Search Path or Element (CWE-428) vulnerability in Gimmal Sherpa Connector Service. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 44.2th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

There is an unquoted service path in Sherpa Connector Service (SherpaConnectorService.exe) 2020.2.20328.2050. This might allow a local user to escalate privileges by creating a "C:\Program Files\Sherpa Software\Sherpa.exe" file.

CWE(s)
CWE-428

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

gimmal
sherpa connector service
2020.2.20328.2050

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References