CVE-2022-24618

HIGH 7.8CVE-2022-24618 · Published 10/03/2022 · updated 09/07/2026

In short

CVE-2022-24618 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability affecting heimdal premium security (heimdalsecurity).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.25%, higher than 16.4% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 2.5.398 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
heimdal premium security heimdalsecurity	`< 2.5.398`	`2.5.398`

Description

Heimdal.Wizard.exe installer in Heimdal Premium Security 2.5.395 and earlier has insecure permissions, which allows unprivileged local users to elevate privileges to SYSTEM via the "Browse For Folder" window accessible by triggering a "Repair" on the MSI package located in C:\Windows\Installer.

References

support.heimdalsecurity.com/hc/en-us/articles/4425942979473-2-5-398-PROD-and-2-5-401-RC · Release Notes

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