CVE-2022-40978 (GCVE-0-2022-40978)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-09-19 16:05 – Updated: 2024-08-03 12:28
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The installer of JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA before 2022.2.2 was vulnerable to EXE search order hijacking
Severity
7.5 (High)
CWE
- CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.jetbrains.com/privacy-security/issues… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JetBrains | IntelliJ IDEA |
Affected:
2022.2.2 , < 2022.2.2
(custom)
|
guessed |
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