CVE-2022-50930

HIGH

Emerson PAC Machine Edition 9.80 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2022-50930. PoCs published by Luis Martínez.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a writeup describing an unquoted service path vulnerability in Emerson PAC Machine Edition. The vulnerability allows local privilege escalation if an attacker can place an executable in a path that is executed due to improper quoting in the service path.

Description

Emerson PAC Machine Edition 9.80 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the TrapiServer service that allows local users to potentially execute code with elevated privileges. Attackers can exploit the unquoted path in the service configuration to inject malicious code that would execute with LocalSystem permissions during service startup.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP
by Luis Martínez · textlocalwindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50745

This is a writeup describing an unquoted service path vulnerability in Emerson PAC Machine Edition. The vulnerability allows local privilege escalation if an attacker can place an executable in a path that is executed due to improper quoting in the service path.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: Emerson PAC Machine Edition 9.80 Build 8695
Auth required
Prerequisites: Local access to the system · Ability to write to a directory in the unquoted service path
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (4)

Core 4

Scores

CVSS v3 8.4
EPSS 0.0013
EPSS Percentile 3.1%
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)
Emerson/Emerson PAC Machine Edition 9.80
Published Jan 13, 2026
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026