CVE-2025-47422

HIGH EPSS 35.3%
Published Jul 8, 202511mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
7.5 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published Jul 8, 2025 11mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

Advanced Installer before 22.6 has an uncontrolled search path element local privilege escalation vulnerability. When running as SYSTEM in certain configurations, Advanced Installer looks in standard-user writable locations for non-existent binaries and executes them as SYSTEM. A low-privileged attacker can place a malicious binary in a targeted folder; when the installer is executed, the attacker achieves arbitrary SYSTEM code execution.

CVSS Details

Base Score
7.5
Exploitability
3.9
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity None
Availability None

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
35.3% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-266

References 3

  • advancedinstaller.com https://www.advancedinstaller.com/advanced-installer-security-fixes-retrospective.html
  • advancedinstaller.com https://www.advancedinstaller.com/advanced-installer-security-fixes-retrospective.html#update-deprecated-apis-used-to-resolve-paths
  • advancedinstaller.com https://www.advancedinstaller.com/release-22.6.html

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.