Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Benchmark Programming Tool - CVE-2022-22521
Published: April 29, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU62707
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-22521
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local administrator to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper file permissions, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.
Affected software
Benchmark Programming Tool
How to mitigate CVE-2022-22521
Install updates from vendor's website.
Benchmark Programming Tool - update to 1.2.72