HP Support Assistant PrivEsc & File Tampering Vulnerability
CVE-2022-23453 Published on February 1, 2023

Potential security vulnerabilities have been identified in HP Support Assistant. These vulnerabilities include privilege escalation, compromise of integrity, allowed communication with untrusted clients, and unauthorized modification of files.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2022-23453 can be exploited with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.

Attack Vector:
LOCAL
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
LOW
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Weakness Type

Incorrect Default Permissions

During installation, installed file permissions are set to allow anyone to modify those files.


Products Associated with CVE-2022-23453

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HP Support Assistant
 

Affected Versions

HP Inc. HP Support Assistant Version See HP Security Bulletin reference for affected versions. is affected by CVE-2022-23453

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.03%
Percentile
8.01%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.