CVE-2022-42045
As of 2024-11-05, CVE-2022-42045 is a vulnerability, EPSS 0.5% (41.8th percentile). Threadlinqs Intelligence links 2 tracked threat campaigns to CVE-2022-42045, most recently “The Gentlemen Ransomware: Worm-Like Self-Propagation and Network-Wide Encryption via Storm-2697's RaaS Affiliate Program”.
Last updated: 2024-11-05
What is CVE-2022-42045?
Certain Zemana products are vulnerable to Arbitrary code injection. This affects Watchdog Anti-Malware 4.1.422 and Zemana AntiMalware 3.2.28.
The record classifies CVE-2022-42045 under weakness class CWE-94. The identifier was first published 1176 days ago.
Severity and exploitation probability
- EPSS (FIRST)
- 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 41.8% of all scored CVEs
- CISA KEV
- Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- Threadlinqs priority
- 3.7/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- Published
- 2023-07-13, last modified 2024-11-05
Is CVE-2022-42045 being exploited?
Weaponised exploit code for CVE-2022-42045 is publicly available. 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are tracked for this identifier.
- ReCryptLLC/CVE-2022-42045 (github)
- trickest/cve (trickest)
Affected products and versions
No affected-product or package list has been recorded for CVE-2022-42045 in the tracked sources. The vendor advisory and the references below are the authoritative statement of what is affected.
How to fix CVE-2022-42045
No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2022-42045 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat any affected deployment as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.
Threat activity tracking CVE-2022-42045
2 tracked threats in the Threadlinqs corpus reference CVE-2022-42045, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.
- The Gentlemen Ransomware: Worm-Like Self-Propagation and Network-Wide Encryption via Storm-2697's RaaS Affiliate Program — CRITICAL · 2026-07-06
- GentleKiller BYOVD EDR-Killing Framework Operated by The Gentlemen RaaS (hastalamuerte / Qilin lineage) — HIGH · 2026-06-21
Sources
Enriched from CVE.org, FIRST EPSS, GitHub Security Advisories, public proof-of-concept repositories. Last verified by Threadlinqs on .
Other references
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