CVE-2022-50915
Unquoted service path in PTPublisher USB service allows local privilege escalation.
Is CVE-2022-50915 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2022-50915 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 0.22% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2022-50915?
CVE-2022-50915 is rated High. 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-2022-50915?
Not known from our data. No patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2022-50915, 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-2022-50915 affect?
CVE-2022-50915 affects PTPublisher 2.3.4, UsbFlashDongleService.exe (PTProtect). Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2022-50915?
Apply vendor patch when available; fix unquoted service path.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Local attacker can place a malicious executable in the unquoted path to gain SYSTEM-level code execution.
Patch when possible
- affected2.3.4
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.