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CVE-2022-35257

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-09-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-269

Description

A local privilege escalation vulnerability in UI Desktop for Windows (Version 0.55.1.2 and earlier) allows a malicious actor with local access to a Windows device with UI Desktop to run arbitrary commands as SYSTEM.

Affected products

• UI Desktop for Windows: before 0.55.3.17 — fixed in 0.55.3.17

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: UI Desktop for Windows 0.55.3.17. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://community.ui.com/releases/Security-Advisory-Bulletin-025-025/7fc92851-054d-46d3-bdb0-fbb8f7023fed
• https://community.ui.com/releases/Security-Advisory-Bulletin-025-025/7fc92851-054d-46d3-bdb0-fbb8f7023fed

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