High severity · published Sep 19, 2022
CVE-2022-40978
The installer of JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA before 2022.2.2 was vulnerable to EXE search order hijacking
7.8
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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)0.3% · higher than 18% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
II
Intellij Idea · Jetbrains
before 2022.2.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40978
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-40978
Vendor Advisory
https://www.jetbrains.com/privacy-security/issues-fixed/
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