CVE-2022-42972 is a critical vulnerability (CWE-732) affecting APC and Schneider Electric Easy UPS Online Monitoring Software across various Windows operating systems. This flaw allows a local attacker to achieve privilege escalation by manipulating the webroot directory due to incorrect permission assignments. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), successful exploitation could lead to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.5-ga-01-22320CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:schneider-electric:apc_easy_ups_online_monitoring_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 2.5-gs-01-22320CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:schneider-electric:easy_ups_online_monitoring_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 2.5-gaCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:schneider-electric:apc_easy_ups_online_monitoring_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 2.5-gsCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:schneider-electric:easy_ups_online_monitoring_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.