CVE-2022-50929

HIGH

Connectify Hotspot 2018 - Code Injection

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2022-50929. PoCs published by SamAlucard.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a writeup demonstrating an unquoted service path vulnerability in Connectify Hotspot 2018. The service path contains spaces and is not enclosed in quotes, potentially allowing local privilege escalation if an attacker can place a malicious executable in the path.

Description

Connectify Hotspot 2018 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in its ConnectifyService executable that allows local attackers to potentially execute arbitrary code. Attackers can exploit the unquoted path in 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Connectify\ConnectifyService.exe' to inject malicious executables and escalate privileges.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP
by SamAlucard · textlocalwindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50764

This is a writeup demonstrating an unquoted service path vulnerability in Connectify Hotspot 2018. The service path contains spaces and is not enclosed in quotes, potentially allowing local privilege escalation if an attacker can place a malicious executable in the path.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: Connectify Hotspot 2018
Auth required
Prerequisites: Local access to the system · Ability to write to the root of C:\
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50764
Various Sources product
https://www.connectify.me/

Scores

CVSS v3 8.4
EPSS 0.0017
EPSS Percentile 6.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-428
Status published
Products (1)
Connectify Inc/Connectify Hotspot 2018
Published Jan 13, 2026
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026