CVE-2022-42973 is a hard-coded credentials vulnerability (CWE-798) affecting various versions of APC and Schneider Electric Easy UPS Online Monitoring Software on Windows operating systems. A local attacker can exploit this to achieve local privilege escalation by connecting to the database. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability allows for high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.5-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.