CVE-2022-36220

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-08-19 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Kiosk breakout (without quit password) in Safe Exam Browser (Windows) <3.4.0, which allows an attacker to achieve code execution via the browsers' print dialog.

Affected products

Ethz Safe Exam Browser: before 3.4.0 — fixed in 3.4.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Ethz Safe Exam Browser 3.4.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/SafeExamBrowser/seb-win-refactoring/issues/434
https://safeexambrowser.org/windows/win_release_notes_en.html
https://github.com/SafeExamBrowser/seb-win-refactoring/issues/434
https://safeexambrowser.org/windows/win_release_notes_en.html

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