Medium severity · published Jul 29, 2022
CVE-2022-35631
On MacOS and Linux, it may be possible to perform a symlink attack by replacing this predictable file name with a symlink to another file and have the Velociraptor client…
5.5
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
On MacOS and Linux, it may be possible to perform a symlink attack by replacing this predictable file name with a symlink to another file and have the Velociraptor client overwrite the other file. This issue was resolved in Velociraptor 0.6.5-2.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 14% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VE
Velociraptor · Rapid7
before 0.6.5-2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-35631
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-35631
Mitigation
https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2022/07/26/cve-2022-35629-35632-velociraptor-multiple-vulnerabilities-fixed/
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