CVE-2022-40126 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A misconfiguration in the Service Mode profile directory of Clash for Windows v0.19.9 allows attackers to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary commands when Service Mode is activated.

Published: 2022-09-29

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:clash_project:clash:0.19.9:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-43445	A misconfiguration in the Service Mode profile directory of Clash for Windows v0.19.9 allows attackers to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary commands when Service Mode is activated.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00108.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/Fndroid/clash_for_windows_pkg/issues/3405

History

Wed, 21 May 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Clash Project Clash

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-09-29T11:48:01.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-21T14:17:40.810Z

Reserved: 2022-09-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-40126

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T12:14:39.781Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-29T12:15:11.277

Modified: 2025-05-21T15:15:59.740

Link: CVE-2022-40126

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-552

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