CVE-2022-34866
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedPassage Drive versions v1.4.0 to v1.5.1.0 and Passage Drive for Box version v1.0.0 contain an insufficient data verification vulnerability for interprocess communication. By running a malicious program, an arbitrary OS command may be executed with LocalSystem privilege of the Windows system where the product is running.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidencePassage Drive contains an insufficient data verification vulnerability in its interprocess communication mechanism. A local attacker can run a malicious program to inject and execute arbitrary OS commands with LocalSystem privileges, achieving privilege escalation on the Windows host.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data>= 1.4.0, <= 1.5.1.0= 1.0.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify if Passage Drive is installedCheck the installed programs on the Windows system for any Yrl Passage Drive product. Look in Programs and Features or the installation directory for entries containing 'Passage Drive'.Affected if Passage Drive or Passage Drive For Box is present on the system
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Determine the installed versionUse the system's program information or check the application's About/Version dialog to obtain the exact version number of the installed Passage Drive product.Affected if Version is >= 1.4.0 and <= 1.5.1.0 for Passage Drive, or exactly 1.0.0 for Passage Drive For Box
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Verify the IPC service is runningCheck the running processes and services on the system for any Passage Drive-related service or process that handles interprocess communication. This may appear as a named service or background process.Affected if The Passage Drive IPC service or process is actively running on the system
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Inspect for suspicious process interactionMonitor or inspect running processes for any unknown or malicious programs that may be attempting to interact with the Passage Drive IPC mechanism.Affected if Unauthorized processes are observed interacting with the Passage Drive service
A system is affected if Yrl Passage Drive (version 1.4.0 through 1.5.1.0) or Passage Drive For Box version 1.0.0 is installed with the IPC service running.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade to the patched version of Passage Drive when released by the vendor. Until then, restrict local program execution permissions and monitor for suspicious processes interacting with the Passage Drive service.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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