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CVE-2022-39959

HIGH CVSS: 7.8 Published: 2022-10-07 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

Panini Everest Engine 2.0.4 allows unprivileged users to create a file named Everest.exe in the %PROGRAMDATA%\Panini folder. This leads to privilege escalation because a service, running as SYSTEM, uses the unquoted path of %PROGRAMDATA%\Panini\Everest Engine\EverestEngine.exe and therefore a Trojan horse %PROGRAMDATA%\Panini\Everest.exe may be executed instead of the intended vendor-supplied EverestEngine.exe file.

Affected Platforms

Microsoft WindowsPanini Everest Engine

Weakness Type

CWE-428

References