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CVE-2022-43701
Insecure directory permissions on installer files
High7.8EPSS 0.18%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Arm
Description
When the installation directory does not have sufficiently restrictive file permissions, an attacker can modify files in the installation directory to cause execution of malicious code.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.18% · top 92% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
Arm Ltd · Arm Compiler 5 (AC5), Arm Compiler for Embedded 6 (AC6), Fast Models (FM), Arm Compiler for Embedded FuSA (ACEF), Arm Development Studio (ADS), Arm Forge (AF), Arm Mobile Studio (AMS), DS-5 Development Studio, Fast Models (FM), GNU Toolchain (GT), Keil MDK (KMDK), Mbed Studio (MS)
- affected AC5 All Releases, AC6 Releases prior to 6.20, ACEF All Releases, ADS All Releases, AF Releases prior to 22.1, AMS All releases, DS5 All Releases, FM All Releases, GT All Releases, KMDK All Releases, MS All Releases
References (2)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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