Heimdal.Wizard.exe installer in Heimdal Premium Security 2.5.395 and earlier has insecure permissions, which allows unprivileged local user…

published 2022-03-09 4y ago modified 2026-07-09 4mo ago also EUVD-2022-29494

cvss: 7.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 16%
public exploits: 0; none known

Heimdal.Wizard.exe installer in Heimdal Premium Security 2.5.395 and earlier has insecure permissions, which allows unprivileged local users to elevate privileges to SYSTEM via the "Browse For Folder" window accessible by triggering a "Repair" on the MSI package located in C:\Windows\Installer.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

heimdalsecurity heimdal_premium_security 2.5.398

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Exploit prediction

0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 16% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.2	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness

CWE-281 Improper Preservation of Permissions

References

support.heimdalsecurity.com /hc/en-us/articles/4425942979473-2-5-398-PROD-and-2-5-401-RC
release-notes, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-24618
NVD CVE-2022-24618

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