High severity · published Apr 12, 2022
CVE-2022-24767
GitHub: Git for Windows' uninstaller vulnerable to DLL hijacking when run under the SYSTEM user account
7.8
CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
GitHub: Git for Windows' uninstaller vulnerable to DLL hijacking when run under the SYSTEM user account.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.5% · higher than 74% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GF
Git For Windows · Git For Windows Project
before 2.35.2 · source: NVD
VS
Visual Studio 2017 · Microsoft
15.0 before 15.9.46 · source: NVD
VS
Visual Studio 2019 · Microsoft
16.0 before 16.7.27; 16.8 before 16.9.19; 16.10 before 16.11.12 · source: NVD
VS
Visual Studio 2022 · Microsoft
17.0 before 17.0.8; 17.1.0 before 17.1.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24767
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-24767
Patch
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2022-24767
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