CVE-2022-39959 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in Panini Everest Engine 2.0.4, affecting both the Panini Everest Engine and Microsoft Windows. An unprivileged user can create a malicious Everest.exe file in a specific directory, which a SYSTEM-level service may then execute due to an unquoted path, leading to full compromise of the system. Rated 7.8 HIGH (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), this vulnerability has low attack complexity and requires local user privileges but no user interaction. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:panini:everest_engine:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.