CVE-2022-41796 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer of Content Transfer (for Windows) Ver.1.3 and prior allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.

Published: 2022-10-24

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Sony Corporation

Content Transfer (for Windows)

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`Ver.1.3 and prior`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:sony:content_transfer:*:*:*:*:*: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-2022-44964	Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer of Content Transfer (for Windows) Ver.1.3 and prior allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0003.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN40620121/index.html
https://www.sony.jp/support/audiosoftware/contenttransfer/

History

Wed, 07 May 2025 19:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Sony Content Transfer

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: jpcert

Published: 2022-10-24T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-07T16:06:31.655Z

Reserved: 2022-10-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-41796

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T12:49:44.008Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-10-24T14:15:52.457

Modified: 2025-05-07T16:15:20.943

Link: CVE-2022-41796

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-427

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