CVE-2022-38165 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Arbitrary file write in F-Secure Policy Manager through 2022-08-10 allows unauthenticated users to write the file with the contents in arbitrary locations on the F-Secure Policy Manager Server.

Published: 2022-11-17

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 1.7% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:withsecure:f-secure_policy_manager:-:::::linux_kernel::
	cpe:2.3:a:withsecure:f-secure_policy_manager:-:::::windows::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-40762	Arbitrary file write in F-Secure Policy Manager through 2022-08-10 allows unauthenticated users to write the file with the contents in arbitrary locations on the F-Secure Policy Manager Server.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01667.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://www.withsecure.com/en/support/security-advisories/cve-2022-38165

History

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-22
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Withsecure F-secure Policy Manager

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-11-17T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-30T14:42:49.179Z

Reserved: 2022-08-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-38165

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T10:45:52.800Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-17T23:15:18.003

Modified: 2025-04-30T15:15:54.190

Link: CVE-2022-38165

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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