VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2022-38699

CVSS score5.9 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.33%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-09-28
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Description

Armoury Crate Service’s logging function has insufficient validation to check if the log file is a symbolic link. A physical attacker with general user privilege can modify the log file property to a symbolic link that points to arbitrary system file, causing the logging function to overwrite the system file and disrupt the system.

Weakness classification

  • twcert@cert.org.tw: CWE-59
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-59

Primary references