CVE-2022-25166 (GCVE-0-2022-25166)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-04-14 15:18 – Updated: 2024-08-03 04:36
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
An issue was discovered in Amazon AWS VPN Client 2.0.0. It is possible to include a UNC path in the OpenVPN configuration file when referencing file paths for parameters (such as auth-user-pass). When this file is imported and the client attempts to validate the file path, it performs an open operation on the path and leaks the user's Net-NTLMv2 hash to an external server. This could be exploited by having a user open a crafted malicious ovpn configuration file.
Severity
5.0 (Medium)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
2 references
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| https://github.com/RhinoSecurityLabs/CVEs | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/cve-2022-25165-… | x_refsource_MISC |
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