CVE-2022-23909

Sherpa Connector Service v2020.2.20328.2050 - Unquoted Service Path

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

There is an unquoted service path in Sherpa Connector Service (SherpaConnectorService.exe) 2020.2.20328.2050. This might allow a local user to escalate privileges by creating a "C:\Program Files\Sherpa Software\Sherpa.exe" file.

Se presenta una ruta de servicio no citada en Sherpa Connector Service (SherpaConnectorService.exe) 2020.2.20328.2050. Esto podría permitir a un usuario local escalar privilegios mediante la creación de un archivo "C:\NProgram Files\Sherpa Software\Sherpa.exe"

Sherpa Connector Service version 2020.2.20328.2050 suffers from an unquoted service path vulnerability.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2022-01-24 CVE Reserved
2022-04-04 CVE Published
2022-04-07 First Exploit
2024-08-03 CVE Updated
2025-01-02 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-428: Unquoted Search Path or Element

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50852	2022-04-07
https://github.com/netsectuna/CVE-2022-23909	2024-08-03
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166574/Sherpa-Connector-Service-2020.2.20328.2050-Unquoted-Service-Path.html	2024-08-03

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Gimmal Search vendor "Gimmal"	Sherpa Connector Service Search vendor "Gimmal" for product "Sherpa Connector Service"	2020.2.20328.2050 Search vendor "Gimmal" for product "Sherpa Connector Service" and version "2020.2.20328.2050"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	-	-	Safe