Exploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2022-26488. PoCs published by techspence.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a PowerShell-based exploit for CVE-2022-26488, a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Python for Windows (CPython) installers. It abuses the 'Add Python to PATH' MSI repair operation to manipulate the system PATH variable and achieve privilege escalation via DLL hijacking.
Description
In Python before 3.10.3 on Windows, local users can gain privileges because the search path is inadequately secured. The installer may allow a local attacker to add user-writable directories to the system search path. To exploit, an administrator must have installed Python for all users and enabled PATH entries. A non-administrative user can trigger a repair that incorrectly adds user-writable paths into PATH, enabling search-path hijacking of other users and system services. This affects Python (CPython) through 3.7.12, 3.8.x through 3.8.12, 3.9.x through 3.9.10, and 3.10.x through 3.10.2.
Exploits (1)
This is a PowerShell-based exploit for CVE-2022-26488, a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Python for Windows (CPython) installers. It abuses the 'Add Python to PATH' MSI repair operation to manipulate the system PATH variable and achieve privilege escalation via DLL hijacking.
References (2)
Scores
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H