CVE-2022-23748

criticalknown exploitedcovered by 1 sourcefirst seen 2025-02-06

Actively exploited. CVE-2022-23748 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2025-02-06) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching as urgent.

Dante Discovery contains a process control vulnerability in mDNSResponder.exe that all allows for a DLL sideloading attack. A local attacker can leverage this vulnerability in the Dante Application Library to execute arbitrary code.

CSIRTS triage

What: The vulnerability allows for a DLL sideloading attack enabling arbitrary code execution.
Who is affected: Local attackers using the Dante Application Library.
Urgency: Immediate remediation is necessary as the vulnerability is actively exploited and rated critical.
Action: Update to the latest version of Dante Discovery.

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Exploitation outlook

Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 95% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.

Advisory coverage (1)

criticalexploitedCVE-2022-23748: Dante Discovery Process Control Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2025-02-06

External references

NVD record for CVE-2022-23748

CVE.org record

CISA KEV catalog

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