Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-3340

Medium

Published: 04 November 2022

Published
04 November 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0042 62.4th percentile
Risk Priority 12 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-3340 is a medium-severity Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (CWE-611) vulnerability in Trellix Intrusion Prevention System Manager. Its CVSS base score is 5.9 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 37.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in Trellix IPS Manager prior to 10.1 M8 allows a remote authenticated administrator to perform XXE attack in the administrator interface part of the interface, which allows a saved XML configuration file to be imported.

CWE(s)
CWE-611

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

trellix
intrusion prevention system manager
10.1 · ≤ 10.1

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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