CVE-2022-22521
Privilege Escalation in Miele Benchmark Programming Tool
In Miele Benchmark Programming Tool with versions Prior to 1.2.71, executable files manipulated by attackers are unknowingly executed with users privileges. An attacker with low privileges may trick a user with administrative privileges to execute these binaries as admin.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Privilege Escalation in Miele Benchmark Programming Tool
In Miele Benchmark Programming Tool with versions Prior to 1.2.71, executable files manipulated by attackers are unknowingly executed with users privileges. An attacker with low privileges may trick a user with administrative privileges to execute these binaries as admin.
- Record
CVE-2022-22521- CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-732
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-27667
In Miele Benchmark Programming Tool with versions Prior to 1.2.71, executable files manipulated by attackers are unknowingly executed with users privileges. An attacker with low privileges may trick a user with administrative privileges to execute these binaries as admin.
- Record
EUVD-2022-27667- CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-x568-473g-qj6x
In Miele Benchmark Programming Tool with versions Prior to 1.2.71, executable files manipulated...
In Miele Benchmark Programming Tool with versions Prior to 1.2.71, executable files manipulated by attackers are unknowingly executed by users with administrative privileges. An attacker could thereby obtain higher permissions. The attacker must already have access to the corresponding local system to be able to exchange the files.
- Record
GHSA-x568-473g-qj6x- CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-269, CWE-732
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
In Miele Benchmark Programming Tool with versions Prior to 1.2.71, executable files manipulated by attackers are unknowingly executed with users privileges. An attacker with low privileges may trick a user with administrative privileges to execute these binaries as admin.
- Record
CVE-2022-22521- CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.9 Medium
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-732
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
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-2022-22521 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.3) in Miele Benchmark Programming Tool, published April 27, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.53%, the 44th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
miele.de/p/miele-benchmark-programming-tool-2296.htm
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Apr/42
packetstormsecurity.com/files/166881/Miele-Benchmark-Programming-Tool-1.1.49-1.2.71-Privilege-Escalation.html
cert.vde.com/en/advisories/VDE-2022-015
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22521
github.com/advisories/GHSA-x568-473g-qj6x