CVE-2022-24618 describes an insecure permissions vulnerability in the Heimdal.Wizard.exe installer within Heimdal Premium Security 2.5.395 and earlier. This flaw allows a local, unprivileged user to escalate privileges to SYSTEM by manipulating the "Browse For Folder" window during a "Repair" operation on the MSI package. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability presents a significant risk for confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring only local access and no user interaction for exploitation. Currently, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.5.398CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:heimdalsecurity:heimdal_premium_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.