CVE-2022-44039 — Franklin Fueling System FFS Colibri 1

Franklin Fueling System FFS Colibri 1.9.22.8925 is affected by: File system overwrite. The impact is: File system rewrite (remote). ¶¶ An attacker can overwrite system files like [system.conf] and [passwd], this occurs because the insecure usage of "fopen" system functi

01What is this vulnerability?

Franklin Fueling System FFS Colibri 1.9.22.8925 is affected by: File system overwrite. The impact is: File system rewrite (remote). ¶¶ An attacker can overwrite system files like [system.conf] and [passwd], this occurs because the insecure usage of "fopen" system function with the mode "wb" which allows overwriting file if exists. Overwriting files such as passwd, allows an attacker to escalate…

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2022-12-05T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-04-24T13:55:15.058Z

09References

• pastebin.com — https://pastebin.com/raw/64stbsWu