CVE-2022-36414: Scootersoftware Beyond Compare

Medium severity, CVSS 6.7. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

There is an elevation of privilege breakout vulnerability in the Windows EXE installer in Scooter Beyond Compare 4.2.0 through 4.4.2 before 4.4.3. Affected versions allow a logged-in user to run applications with elevated privileges via the Clipboard Compare tray app after installation.

Affected products

• Scootersoftware Beyond Compare: from 4.2.0, before 4.4.3 (fixed in 4.4.3)

Published 2022-07-23. Last modified 2026-06-17.