CVE-2022-28223 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Tekon KIO devices, allowing an authenticated administrator to gain root access by uploading a malicious Lua plugin. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.2) has a low attack complexity and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2022-03-30CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:tekon:kio_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 2022-03-30CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:tekon:kio-1m_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 2022-03-30CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:tekon:kio-2mrs_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 2022-03-30CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:tekon:kio-2m_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 2022-03-30CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:tekon:kio-2ms_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.3 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.