High severity · published Mar 30, 2022
CVE-2022-27772
spring-boot versions prior to version v2.2.11.RELEASE was vulnerable to temporary directory hijacking
7.8
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
spring-boot versions prior to version v2.2.11.RELEASE was vulnerable to temporary directory hijacking. This vulnerability impacted the org.springframework.boot.web.server.AbstractConfigurableWebServerFactory.createTempDir method. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products and/or versions that are no longer supported by the maintainer
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 48% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SB
Spring Boot · Vmware
before 2.2.11 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-27772
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-27772
Exploit
https://github.com/JLLeitschuh/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-cm59-pr5q-cw85
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