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Low · 3.9 Public exploit CVE-2022-0997 EUVD-2022-15990GHSA-h9q9-m372-392h

Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Fidelis Network and Deception

Published May 17, 2022 · Updated Sep 17, 2024 · Assigned by Fidelis

Vendor: Fidelis Cybersecurity Product: Fidelis Deception Product: Fidelis Network

Description

Improper file permissions in the CommandPost, Collector, and Sensor components of Fidelis Network and Deception enables an attacker with local, administrative access to the CLI to modify affected script files, which could result in arbitrary commands being run as root upon subsequent logon by a root user. The vulnerability is present in Fidelis Network and Deception versions prior to 9.4.5. Patches and updates are available to address this vulnerability.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Fidelis Cybersecurity Fidelis Network Fidelis Network – < 9.4.5 9.4.5
Fidelis Cybersecurity Fidelis Deception Fidelis Deception – < 9.4.5 9.4.5

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

GitHub 1 repository

  • henryreed/CVE-2022-0997 ★ 1 · Jun 3, 2022

    Fidelis Network and Deception - Insecure File Permissions Privilege Escalation

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

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