DLL hijacking vulnerability in Gear IconX PC Manager prior to version 2.1.220405.51 allows attacker to execute arbitrary code.

published 2022-05-03 4y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2022-33231

cvss: 6.2; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 16%
public exploits: 0; none known

DLL hijacking vulnerability in Gear IconX PC Manager prior to version 2.1.220405.51 allows attacker to execute arbitrary code. The patch adds proper absolute path to prevent dll hijacking.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Samsung Mobile Gear IconX PC Manager 2.1.220405.51

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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
CNA	3.1	6.2	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	4.4	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

Samsung Mobile Gear IconX PC Manager

Classification

Weakness

CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element

References

security.samsungmobile.com /serviceWeb.smsb?year=2022&month=5
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-28792
NVD CVE-2022-28792

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