THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2022-50789
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2022-50789

Impact Firmware vulnerability

CVSS
7.8
EPSS
3.7%
EPSS pct
89th
Exploited
No known
SOUND4 IMPACT/FIRST/PULSE/Eco <=2.x contains a command injection vulnerability that allows local authenticated users to create malicious files in the /tmp directory with .dns.pid extension. Unauthenticated attackers can execute the malicious commands by making a single HTTP POST request to the vulnerable dns.php script, which triggers command execution and then deletes the file.
Affected vendor
Sound4
Affected product
Impact Firmware
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-78 — OS Command Injection
Published
2025-12-30

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable with local access, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.7% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2022-50789

  • Confirm whether Sound4 Impact Firmware is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2022-50789.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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