High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 7, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2022-39959
CVE-2022-39959
Description
Panini Everest Engine 2.0.4 allows unprivileged users to create a file named Everest.exe in the %PROGRAMDATA%\Panini folder. This leads to privilege escalation because a service, running as SYSTEM, uses the unquoted path of %PROGRAMDATA%\Panini\Everest Engine\EverestEngine.exe and therefore a Trojan horse %PROGRAMDATA%\Panini\Everest.exe may be executed instead of the intended vendor-supplied EverestEngine.exe file.
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3cpe:2.3:a:panini:everest_engine:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:panini:everest_engine:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <=2.0.4
- Panini/Everest Enginedescription
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