CVE-2022-42446 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Starting with Sametime 12, anonymous users are enabled by default. After logging in as an anonymous user, one has the ability to browse the User Directory and potentially create chats with internal users.

Published: 2022-11-30

Score: 6.5 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

HCL Software

HCL Sametime

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`12.0, 12.0FP1`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:sametime:12.0:-::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:sametime:12.0:fp1::::::

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-45519	Starting with Sametime 12, anonymous users are enabled by default. After logging in as an anonymous user, one has the ability to browse the User Directory and potentially create chats with internal users.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

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 0.00236.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0101768

History

Thu, 24 Apr 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Hcltech Sametime

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: HCL

Published: 2022-11-30T22:54:26.060Z

Updated: 2025-04-24T14:35:14.556Z

Reserved: 2022-10-06T16:01:51.741Z

Link: CVE-2022-42446

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T13:10:40.881Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-12T13:15:14.797

Modified: 2025-04-24T15:15:49.730

Link: CVE-2022-42446

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-276

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