CVE-2024-22042 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting all versions of Siemens Unicam FX. The flaw stems from the Windows installer agent's incorrect use of privileged APIs, causing the Windows Console Host (conhost.exe) to launch with SYSTEM privileges. This allows an authenticated attacker with local access to elevate their privileges to SYSTEM. The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.8 (High), indicating a significant risk. It requires local access and low privileges (AV:L/PR:L), but has low attack complexity (AC:L) and no user interaction (UI:N), leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is available. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal, suggesting low public awareness at this time.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:siemens:unicam_fx:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
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.