Vulnerability CVE-2022-39959


Published: 2022-10-07   Modified: 2022-10-08

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.

 References:
https://www.panini.com/en/news-events/panini-patents-revolutionary-new-%E2%80%9Ceverest%E2%80%9D-architecture
https://github.com/usmarine2141/CVE-2022-39959

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