CVE-2022-4258
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 · uneditedIn multiple versions of HIMA PC based Software an unquoted Windows search path vulnerability might allow local users to gain privileges via a malicious .exe file and gain full access to the system.
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 · moderate confidenceThis is an unquoted Windows service path vulnerability in HIMA PC-based software. When Windows services have executable paths with spaces that aren't properly quoted, an attacker can place a malicious .exe in an intermediate directory that gets executed when the service starts, allowing local privilege escalation to full system access.
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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<= 3.56.4<= 5.6.1210<= 5.6.1210<= 1.32.550CVSS 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 installed HIMA software and versionOpen Programs and Features (appwiz.cpl) or check C:\Program Files\HIMA for any of these products: Hima Hopcs, Hima X Opc A+e, Hima X Opc Da, Hima X Ots. Note the installed version number.Affected if Any HIMA product is installed with version <= 3.56.4 (Hopcs), <= 5.6.1210 (X Opc A+e or X Opc Da), or <= 1.32.550 (X Ots)
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Locate HIMA Windows servicesOpen Command Prompt as Administrator and run: sc query type= service state= all | findstr /i "HIMA" or check Services.msc for any service with HIMA in the name.Affected if A Windows service associated with HIMA software exists on the system
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Check service binary path configurationFor each HIMA service found, run: sc qc <ServiceName> and examine the BINARY_PATH_NAME field. Look for paths containing spaces that are not enclosed in quotation marks.Affected if The BINARY_PATH_NAME contains spaces and is not surrounded by double quotes (e.g., C:\Program Files\HIMA\... instead of "C:\Program Files\HIMA\...")
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Verify executable path vulnerabilityIf an unquoted path with spaces is found, verify the path structure. For example, C:\Program Files\HIMA\app\service.exe is vulnerable if C:\Program Files\HIMA\app\ does not exist as a legitimate directory, allowing an attacker to place a malicious executable in an intermediate folder.Affected if The service path contains unquoted spaces and intermediate directories in the path are writable by standard users
A system is affected if any HIMA product (Hopcs, X Opc A+e, X Opc Da, or X Ots) is installed at or below the specified version limits AND a corresponding Windows service exists with an unquoted binary path containing spaces.
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 dataIdentify and remediate unquoted service paths in HIMA software by either quoting paths in service configurations or removing unnecessary spaces from installation directories, and restrict write access to directories in the service execution path to prevent placement of malicious executables.
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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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