Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-2330

Medium

Published: 30 August 2022

Published
30 August 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0034 57.3th percentile
Risk Priority 13 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-2330 is a medium-severity Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (CWE-611) vulnerability in Mcafee Data Loss Prevention Endpoint. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 42.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference vulnerability in DLP Endpoint for Windows prior to 11.9.100 allows a remote attacker to cause the DLP Agent to access a local service that the attacker wouldn't usually have access to via a…

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carefully constructed XML file, which the DLP Agent doesn't parse correctly.

CWE(s)
CWE-611

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

mcafee
data loss prevention endpoint
≤ 11.6.600.212 · 11.9.0 — 11.9.100

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

CA-8 Penetration Testing
addresses: CWE-611

Penetration testing includes XML external entity payloads, detecting XXE vulnerabilities and enabling their mitigation.

SI-4 System Monitoring
addresses: CWE-611

Identifies XML external entity processing via monitoring of unusual file/network access or resource usage.

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