Mint WorkBench Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
CVE-2022-26057

6.7MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Abb

Vendor
CVE Published:
15 June 2022

What is CVE-2022-26057?

Vulnerabilities in the Mint WorkBench allow a low privileged attacker to create and write to a file anywhere on the file system as SYSTEM with arbitrary content as long as the file does not already exist. The Mint WorkBench installer file allows a low-privileged user to run a "repair" operation on the product

Affected Version(s)

Mint WorkBench build <= 5866

References

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.7
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

This vulnerability was discovered by Michael DePlante (@izobashi) of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative. ABB appreciates their actions to keep our products safe for our customers.
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