CVE-2022-24285: High severity acer care center vulnerability
Acer Care Center 4.00.30xx before 4.00.3042 contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. The user process communicates with a service of system authority called ACCsvc through a named pipe. In this case, the Named Pipe is also given Read and Write rights to the general user. In addition, the service program does not verify the user when communicating. A thread may exist with a specific command. When the path of the program to be executed is sent, there is a local privilege escalation in which the service program executes the path with system privileges.
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What is CVE-2022-24285?
CVE-2022-24285 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Acer Care Center 4.00.30xx before 4.00.3042.
How does CVE-2022-24285 work?
CVE-2022-24285 allows a user process to communicate with the ACCsvc service through a named pipe, which is given Read and Write rights to the general user, leading to local privilege escalation.
What is the severity of CVE-2022-24285?
The severity of CVE-2022-24285 is high with a CVSS score of 7.8.
Is Acer Care Center version 4.00.3042 affected by CVE-2022-24285?
No, Acer Care Center version 4.00.3042 is not affected by CVE-2022-24285. The vulnerability exists in versions before 4.00.3042.
How can I fix CVE-2022-24285?
To fix CVE-2022-24285, update Acer Care Center to version 4.00.3042 or newer.