CVE-2022-48223

MEDIUM

Gbgplc Acuant Acufill SDK < 10.22.02.03 - Uncontrolled Search Path

Title source: rule

Description

An issue was discovered in Acuant AcuFill SDK before 10.22.02.03. During SDK repair, certutil.exe is called by the Acuant installer to repair certificates. This call is vulnerable to DLL hijacking due to a race condition and insecure permissions on the executing directory.

References (2)

[Not Applicable] https://acuant.com

[Third Party Advisory] https://hackandpwn.com/disclosures/CVE-2022-48223.pdf

Scores

CVSS v3 6.7

EPSS 0.0004

EPSS Percentile 11.9%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-427

Status published

Affected Products (1)

gbgplc/acuant_acufill_sdk < 10.22.02.03

Timeline

Published Apr 04, 2023

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026