CVE-2022-50938

HIGH

CONTPAQi AdminPAQ 14.0.0 - Code Injection

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2022-50938. PoCs published by Angel Canseco.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a writeup describing an unquoted service path vulnerability in CONTPAQi® AdminPAQ 14.0.0. The vulnerability allows local privilege escalation by exploiting the service path to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges upon system reboot.

Description

CONTPAQi AdminPAQ 14.0.0 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the AppKeyLicenseServer service running with LocalSystem privileges. Attackers can exploit the unquoted path to inject malicious code in the service binary path, potentially executing arbitrary code with elevated system privileges during service startup.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP
by Angel Canseco · textlocalwindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50690

This is a writeup describing an unquoted service path vulnerability in CONTPAQi® AdminPAQ 14.0.0. The vulnerability allows local privilege escalation by exploiting the service path to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges upon system reboot.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: CONTPAQi® AdminPAQ 14.0.0
Auth required
Prerequisites: Local access to the system · Ability to write to the system root path
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/50690
Various Sources product
https://www.contpaqi.com/descargas

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)
Contpaqi/CONTPAQ AdminPAQ 14.0.0
Published Jan 13, 2026
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026