CVE-2022-38753 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

This update resolves a multi-factor authentication bypass attack

Published: 2022-11-28

Score: 6.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very 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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NetIQ Advanced Authentication

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`NetIQ Advanced Authentication versions prior to 6.4 SP1`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:netiq_advanced_authentication::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:netiq_advanced_authentication:6.4:-::::::

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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-2022-41316	This update resolves a multi-factor authentication bypass attack

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00275.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://www.netiq.com/documentation/advanced-authentication-64/advanced-authentication-releasenotes-641/data/advanced-authentication-releasenotes-641.html#t4g4mvd1yivo

History

Fri, 25 Apr 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Microfocus Netiq Advanced Authentication

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microfocus

Published: 2022-11-28T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-25T20:21:27.518Z

Reserved: 2022-08-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-38753

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T11:02:14.571Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-28T22:15:10.723

Modified: 2025-04-25T21:15:33.980

Link: CVE-2022-38753

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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