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Fencer Vulns
high 7.8

CVE-2022-42972 json

A CWE-732: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource vulnerability exists that could cause local privilege escalation when a lo…

published 2023-02-01 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-46022

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 7%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A CWE-732: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource vulnerability exists that could cause local privilege escalation when a local attacker modifies the webroot directory. Affected Products: APC Easy UPS Online Monitoring Software (Windows 7, 10, 11 & Windows Server 2016, 2019, 2022 - Versions prior to V2.5-GA), APC Easy UPS Online Monitoring Software (Windows 11, Windows Server 2019, 2022 - Versions prior to V2.5-GA-01-22261), Schneider Electric Easy UPS Online Monitoring Software (Windows 7, 10, 11 & Windows Server 2016, 2019, 2022 - Versions prior to V2.5-GS), Schneider Electric Easy UPS Online Monitoring Software (Windows 11, Windows Server 2019, 2022 - Versions prior to V2.5-GS-01-22261)

Patch / fix

  • Schneider Electric APC Easy UPS Online Monitoring Software V2.5-GA, V2.5-GA-01-22261
  • Schneider Electric Schneider Electric Easy UPS Online Monitoring Software V2.5-GS, V2.5-GS-01-22261

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSA-22-347-02 updated cvss 7.8

Schneider Electric APC Easy UPS Online

  • Schneider Electric Software, LLC APC Easy UPS Online <= 2.5-GA (Windows 7, 10, 11, Windows Server 2016, 2019, 2022), <= 2.5-GA-01-22261 (Windows 11, Windows Server 2019, 2022)
    affected: mitigation “Schneider Electric recommends users to update the affected product to the latest version. See Schneider Electric's security advisory for more information.” download.schneider-electric.com

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
21 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Schneider Electric APC Easy UPS Online Monitoring Software
  • Schneider Electric Schneider Electric Easy UPS Online Monitoring Software

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.