CVE-2022-50688 (GCVE-0-2022-50688)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-22 21:35 – Updated: 2025-12-22 22:05
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Title
Cobian Backup Gravity 11.2.0.582 Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation
Summary
Cobian Backup Gravity 11.2.0.582 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability that allows local users to potentially execute arbitrary code with elevated system privileges. Attackers can exploit the unquoted service path in the CobianBackup11 service to inject malicious code that would execute with LocalSystem privileges during service startup.
Severity ?
8.5 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
8.4 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-428 - Unquoted Search Path or Element
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Cobiansoft Cobian Backup Gravity Affected: 11.2.0.582
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Credits
Luis Martinez
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