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CVE-2022-24618

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: March 9, 2022 at 11:40 AM UTC
Updated: July 9, 2026 at 01:17 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorHeimdal Premium Security

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%

Description

Heimdal.Wizard.exe installer in Heimdal Premium Security 2.5.395 and earlier has insecure permissions, which allows unprivileged local users to elevate privileges to SYSTEM via the "Browse For Folder" window accessible by triggering a "Repair" on the MSI package located in C:\Windows\Installer.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Heimdal Premium Security· Heimdalsecurity
95%
v < 2.5.398
Affected range stops below 2.5.398, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (2)

Source: [email protected]
http://heimdal.com
Release NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://support.heimdalsecurity.com/hc/en-us/articles/4425942979473-2-5-398-PROD-and-2-5-401-RC

CVSS

7.8HIGH[email protected]
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-281

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