CVE-2022-41975 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

RealVNC VNC Server before 6.11.0 and VNC Viewer before 6.22.826 on Windows allow local privilege escalation via MSI installer Repair mode.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00098.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

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

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:realvnc:vnc_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:realvnc:vnc_viewer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Microsoft Subscribe	Windows Subscribe
Realvnc Subscribe	Vnc Server Subscribe Vnc Viewer Subscribe

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-45079	RealVNC VNC Server before 6.11.0 and VNC Viewer before 6.22.826 on Windows allow local privilege escalation via MSI installer Repair mode.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://help.realvnc.com/hc/en-us/articles/360002253138-Release-Notes#vnc-server-6-11-0-released-0-2

History

Tue, 20 May 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-269
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-09-30T17:20:33.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-20T16:02:59.158Z

Reserved: 2022-09-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-41975

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T12:56:39.201Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-30T18:15:12.037

Modified: 2025-05-20T16:15:23.503

Link: CVE-2022-41975

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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