CVE-2022-4978

Remote Control Server, maintained by Steppschuh, 3.1.1.12 allows unauthenticated remote code execution when authentication is disabled, which is the default configuration. The server exposes a custom UDP-based control protocol that accepts remote keyboard input events without verification. An attacker on the same network can issue a sequence of keystroke commands to launch a system shell and execute arbitrary commands, resulting in full system compromise.

CVSS v4.0

9.3 CRITICALCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

EPSS

1.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 73th percentile

Published

2025-07-23

Updated

2026-07-28

Metasploit modules (1)

• rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/misc/remote_control_coll…

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2022-4973
• CVE-2022-4981
• CVE-2022-4971
• CVE-2022-4982
• CVE-2022-4964
• CVE-2022-4985