CVE-2022-50904
Privilege escalation via unquoted wsbackup service path in Wondershare UBackit 2.0.5
Is CVE-2022-50904 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2022-50904 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.15% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2022-50904?
CVE-2022-50904 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.5. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2022-50904?
Not known from our data. No patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2022-50904, which is not the same as no patch existing — a fix may have shipped without a tagged reference, or after this record was written. The vendor advisory is the only authority on whether a fix exists, and mitigations may be available regardless.
What does CVE-2022-50904 affect?
CVE-2022-50904 affects Wondershare UBackit 2.0.5 (Windows). Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2022-50904?
Patch when available; monitor vendor updates
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Local user can cause wsbackup startup to run attacker’s code with LocalSystem privileges
Patch when possible
- affected2.0.5
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.