CVE-2022-43701
Insecure directory permissions on installer files
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2022-43701- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-276
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List
Insecure directory permissions on installer files
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.
- Record
CVE-2022-43701- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-276
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-46683
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.
- Record
EUVD-2022-46683- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-f7p2-4f5g-hfv9
When the installation directory does not have sufficiently restrictive file permissions, an...
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.
- Record
GHSA-f7p2-4f5g-hfv9- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-276
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- arm compiler
- arm compiler for embedded fusa
- arm compiler for functional safety
- arm development studio
- arm mobile studio
- arm ds development studio
- arm fast models
- arm gnu toolchain
- arm keil mdk
- arm linaro forge
- arm mbed studio
- arm ltd 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)
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-43701 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Arm Compiler, published July 27, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.18%, the 7th percentile. No source names a fixed version.