CVE-2022-2188 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Privilege escalation vulnerability in DXL Broker for Windows prior to 6.0.0.280 allows local users to gain elevated privileges by exploiting weak directory controls in the logs directory. This can lead to a denial-of-service attack on the DXL Broker.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Mcafee	Data Exchange Layer
Microsoft	Windows

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:data_exchange_layer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://kcm.trellix.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10383

History

Thu, 08 May 2025 16:15:00 +0000

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

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: trellix

Published: 2022-11-07T11:26:55.535Z

Updated: 2025-05-08T16:02:49.245Z

Reserved: 2022-06-23T14:51:26.656Z

Link: CVE-2022-2188

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T00:32:08.819Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-07T12:15:09.760

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:00:30.417

Link: CVE-2022-2188

Redhat

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