CVE-2022-48223

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Published Apr 4, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 6.7 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

An issue was discovered in Acuant AcuFill SDK before 10.22.02.03. During SDK repair, certutil.exe is called by the Acuant installer to repair certificates. This call is vulnerable to DLL hijacking due to a race condition and insecure permissions on the executing 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

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gbgplc:acuant_acufill_sdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2022-50932	An issue was discovered in Acuant AcuFill SDK before 10.22.02.03. During SDK repair, certutil.exe is called by the Acuant installer to repair certificates. This call is vulnerable to DLL hijacking due to a race condition and insecure permissions on the executing directory.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

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% (0.115% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://acuant.com
https://hackandpwn.com/disclosures/CVE-2022-48223.pdf

History

Feb 14, 2025 6:15 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

Gbgplc Acuant Acufill Sdk

Weaknesses

CWE-427

Sources

CVE record Updated: Feb 18, 2025, 5:11 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Apr 4, 2023, 12:00 AM
Updated: Feb 18, 2025, 5:11 PM
Reserved: Jan 6, 2023, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 3:10 PM

Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 3:10 PM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 5:14 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Apr 4, 2023, 4:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 5:14 AM

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