CVE-2022-26057 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2022-26057

Mint WorkBench Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Vulnerability Description

Vulnerabilities in the Mint WorkBench allow a low privileged attacker to create and write to a file anywhere on the file system as SYSTEM with arbitrary content as long as the file does not already exist. The Mint WorkBench installer file allows a low-privileged user to run a "repair" operation on the product

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • This vulnerability was discovered by Michael DePlante (@izobashi) of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative. ABB appreciates their actions to keep our products safe for our customers.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Mint WorkBench
Vulnerable Versions:
build

Timeline

Official Publish: June 15th, 2022
Last Modified: September 16th, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)