Local privilege escalation via writable Program Announcer directory
Published Feb 24, 2022 · Updated Apr 16, 2025
Incorrect default permissions in SmartSights WIN-911 2021 R1 and R2 allow local users to elevate privileges through Program Announcer. The installed ACL leaves the Program Announcer directory writable by low-privileged users, allowing attacker-controlled files to execute when the component runs. Exploitation requires local write access and subsequent Program Announcer execution, which runs the planted content with elevated privileges.
Summary
What happened
Incorrect default permissions in SmartSights WIN-911 2021 R1 and R2 allow local users to elevate privileges through Program Announcer. The installed ACL leaves the Program Announcer directory writable by low-privileged users, allowing attacker-controlled files to execute when the component runs. Exploitation requires local write access and subsequent Program Announcer execution, which runs the planted content with elevated privileges.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-23922
- Published
- Feb 24, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 16, 2025
- Vendor
- SmartSights
- Product
- WIN-911
- Classifications
- CWE-276, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 24, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 16, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=2021 R1 5.21.10
- Affected versionversion=2021 R2 5.21.17
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