CVE-2022-41796

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Published Oct 24, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 7.8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer of Content Transfer (for Windows) Ver.1.3 and prior allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Sony Corporation

Content Transfer (for Windows)

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`Ver.1.3 and prior`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:sony:content_transfer:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-44964	Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer of Content Transfer (for Windows) Ver.1.3 and prior allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.226% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN40620121/index.html
https://www.sony.jp/support/audiosoftware/contenttransfer/

History

May 7, 2025 7:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Sony Content Transfer

Weaknesses

CWE-427

Sources

CVE record Updated: May 7, 2025, 4:06 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: jpcert
Published: Oct 24, 2022, 12:00 AM
Updated: May 7, 2025, 4:06 PM
Reserved: Oct 7, 2022, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 12:49 PM

Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 12:49 PM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 5:03 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Oct 24, 2022, 2:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 5:03 AM

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