CVE-2022-48222

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-04-04 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-427

Description

An issue was discovered in Acuant AcuFill SDK before 10.22.02.03. During SDK installation, certutil.exe is called by the Acuant installer to install certificates. This window is not hidden, and is running with elevated privileges. A standard user can break out of this window, obtaining a full SYSTEM command prompt window. This results in complete compromise via arbitrary SYSTEM code execution (elevation of privileges).

Affected products

Gbgplc Acuant Acufill Sdk: before 10.22.02.03 — fixed in 10.22.02.03

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Gbgplc Acuant Acufill Sdk 10.22.02.03. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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