SolarWinds Orion Dir Traversal Enables Local Auth Exec
CVE-2022-47506 Published on February 15, 2023
SolarWinds Platform Directory Traversal Vulnerability
SolarWinds Platform was susceptible to the Directory Traversal Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows a local adversary with authenticated account access to edit the default configuration, enabling the execution of arbitrary commands.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2022-47506 is exploitable with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
What is a Directory traversal Vulnerability?
The software uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the software does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.
CVE-2022-47506 has been classified to as a Directory traversal vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2022-47506
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Affected Versions
SolarWinds Platform Version 2022.4.1 and prior versions 2022.4.1 is affected by CVE-2022-47506Exploit Probability
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