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CVE-2022-25165 Detail

Description

An issue was discovered in Amazon AWS VPN Client 2.0.0. A TOCTOU race condition exists during the validation of VPN configuration files. This allows parameters outside of the AWS VPN Client allow list to be injected into the configuration file prior to the AWS VPN Client service (running as SYSTEM) processing the file. Dangerous arguments can be injected by a low-level user such as log, which allows an arbitrary destination to be specified for writing log files. This leads to an arbitrary file write as SYSTEM with partial control over the files content. This can be abused to cause an elevation of privilege or denial of service.


Evaluator Description

At the time of analysis the advisory information and CVE List data did not consistently identify which data was applicable to CVE-2022-25166 and CVE-2022-25165. We have associated metadata based on what was published to the official CVE List.

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Hyperlink Resource
https://github.com/RhinoSecurityLabs/CVEs Exploit  Third Party Advisory 
https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/cve-2022-25165-aws-vpn-client/ Exploit  Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-367 Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2022-25165
NVD Published Date:
04/14/2022
NVD Last Modified:
05/13/2022
Source:
MITRE