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CVE-2022-23181

Local privilege escalation with FileStore

Published: Jan 27, 2022Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-367
NVD MITRE
7.0CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
0.7%
Top 52.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

The fix for bug CVE-2020-9484 introduced a time of check, time of use vulnerability into Apache Tomcat 10.1.0-M1 to 10.1.0-M8, 10.0.0-M5 to 10.0.14, 9.0.35 to 9.0.56 and 8.5.55 to 8.5.73 that allowed a local attacker to perform actions with the privileges of the user that the Tomcat process is using. This issue is only exploitable when Tomcat is configured to persist sessions using the FileStore.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:HPR:LUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-367

Affected Products

Apache TomcatApache Software Foundation
On-premWeb App
Networking Infrastructure / load-balancer-proxy
Managed File TransferOracle Corp.
On-prem
Databases / relational
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP ApplicationsNovell Inc.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat JBoss FuseRed Hat Inc.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Suse Linux Enterprise ServerNovell Inc.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
apache software foundationoss-projectUSWeb & CMS Pluginsaka apache foundation
oracle corp.commercialUSDatabasesaka oracle
novell inc.commercialUSOperating Systems
red hat inc.commercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat
and 24 more affected products View all →

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Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
Workaround Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://lists.apache.org/thread/l8x62p3k19yfcb208jo4zrb83k5mfwg9
lists.apache.org
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
oracle.com
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220217-0010/
security.netapp.com
and 18 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Jan 27, 2022
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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