CVE-2022-28944

HIGH

EMCO Software products < various - RCE

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 2 public exploits for CVE-2022-28944. PoCs published by gar-re.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This PoC exploits an unauthenticated update mechanism in EMCO Software products by spoofing the update server and serving a malicious executable. The attack leverages DNS spoofing and a self-signed certificate to deliver a payload that executes arbitrary commands.

Description

Certain EMCO Software products are affected by: CWE-494: Download of Code Without Integrity Check. This affects MSI Package Builder for Windows 9.1.4 and Remote Installer for Windows 6.0.13 and Ping Monitor for Windows 8.0.18 and Remote Shutdown for Windows 7.2.2 and WakeOnLan 2.0.8 and Network Inventory for Windows 5.8.22 and Network Software Scanner for Windows 2.0.8 and UnLock IT for Windows 6.1.1. The impact is: execute arbitrary code (remote). The component is: Updater. The attack vector is: To exploit this vulnerability, a user must trigger an update of an affected installation of EMCO Software. ¶¶ Multiple products from EMCO Software are affected by a remote code execution vulnerability during the update process.

Exploits (2)

nomisec WORKING POC 4 stars
by gar-re · poc
https://github.com/gar-re/cve-2022-28944

This PoC exploits an unauthenticated update mechanism in EMCO Software products by spoofing the update server and serving a malicious executable. The attack leverages DNS spoofing and a self-signed certificate to deliver a payload that executes arbitrary commands.

Classification
Working Poc 100%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: EMCO Software Multiple Products (versions affected by CVE-2022-28944)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: DNS spoofing capability · Self-signed certificate for spoofed domain · Victim must accept the malicious update
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →
inthewild WORKING POC
poc
https://github.com/gerr-re/cve-2022-28944

This repository contains a functional proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2022-28944, which targets EMCO Software products via unauthenticated update mechanisms. The exploit involves DNS spoofing to redirect update requests to an attacker-controlled server, serving a malicious update payload (proof.exe) that executes arbitrary commands.

Classification
Working Poc 100%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: EMCO Software Multiple Products
No auth needed
Prerequisites: DNS spoofing or hosts file modification · self-signed certificate generation · compiled malicious binary (proof.exe)
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 23, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Not Applicable x_refsource_misc
http://msi.com
Not Applicable x_refsource_misc
http://emco.com

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.1087
EPSS Percentile 93.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-494
Status published
Products (8)
emcosoftware/msi_package_builder 9.1.4
emcosoftware/network_inventory 5.8.22
emcosoftware/network_software_scanner 2.0.8
emcosoftware/ping_monitor 8.0.18
emcosoftware/remote_installer 6.0.13
emcosoftware/remote_shutdown 7.2.2
emcosoftware/unlock_it 6.1.1
emcosoftware/wakeonlan 2.0.8 (2 CPE variants)
Published May 23, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026