CVE-2022-1161 Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Details

CVE-2022-1161
Vulnerability Scoring

10.0
/10
Critical Risk

As a catastrophic security flaw, CVE-2022-1161 has severe implications, demanding immediate intervention.

Attack Complexity Details

  • Attack Complexity: Low
    Exploits can be performed without significant complexity or special conditions.
  • Attack Vector: Network
    Vulnerability is exploitable over a network without physical access.
  • Privileges Required: None
    No privileges are required for exploitation.
  • Scope: Changed
    Successful exploitation can impact components beyond the vulnerable component.
  • User Interaction: None
    No user interaction is necessary for exploitation.

CVE-2022-1161 Details

Status: Modified

Last updated: 🕡 21 Nov 2024, 06:40 UTC
Originally published on: 🕗 11 Apr 2022, 20:15 UTC

Time between publication and last update: 954 days

CVSS Release: version 3

CVSS3 Source

ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov

CVSS3 Type

Secondary

CVSS3 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2022-1161 Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2022-1161: An attacker with the ability to modify a user program may change user program code on some ControlLogix, CompactLogix, and GuardLogix Control systems. Studio 5000 Logix Designer writes user-readable program code to a separate location than the executed compiled code, allowing an attacker to change one and not the other.

Assessing the Risk of CVE-2022-1161

Access Complexity Graph

The exploitability of CVE-2022-1161 depends on two key factors: attack complexity (the level of effort required to execute an exploit) and privileges required (the access level an attacker needs).

Exploitability Analysis for CVE-2022-1161

With low attack complexity and no required privileges, CVE-2022-1161 is an easy target for cybercriminals. Organizations should prioritize immediate mitigation measures to prevent unauthorized access and data breaches.

Understanding AC and PR

A lower complexity and fewer privilege requirements make exploitation easier. Security teams should evaluate these aspects to determine the urgency of mitigation strategies, such as patch management and access control policies.

Attack Complexity (AC) measures the difficulty in executing an exploit. A high AC means that specific conditions must be met, making an attack more challenging, while a low AC means the vulnerability can be exploited with minimal effort.

Privileges Required (PR) determine the level of system access necessary for an attack. Vulnerabilities requiring no privileges are more accessible to attackers, whereas high privilege requirements limit exploitation to authorized users with elevated access.

CVSS Score Breakdown Chart

Above is the CVSS Sub-score Breakdown for CVE-2022-1161, illustrating how Base, Impact, and Exploitability factors combine to form the overall severity rating. A higher sub-score typically indicates a more severe or easier-to-exploit vulnerability.

CIA Impact Analysis

Below is the Impact Analysis for CVE-2022-1161, showing how Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability might be affected if the vulnerability is exploited. Higher values usually signal greater potential damage.

  • Confidentiality: High
    Exploiting CVE-2022-1161 can result in unauthorized access to sensitive data, severely compromising data privacy.
  • Integrity: High
    CVE-2022-1161 could allow unauthorized modifications to data, potentially affecting system reliability and trust.
  • Availability: High
    CVE-2022-1161 can disrupt system operations, potentially causing complete denial of service (DoS).

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

The EPSS score estimates the probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the near future.

EPSS Score: 0.893% (probability of exploit)

EPSS Percentile: 82.84% (lower percentile = lower relative risk)
This vulnerability is less risky than approximately 17.159999999999997% of others.

CVE-2022-1161 References

External References

CWE Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-829

CAPEC Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification

  • Code Inclusion CAPEC-175 An adversary exploits a weakness on the target to force arbitrary code to be retrieved locally or from a remote location and executed. This differs from code injection in that code injection involves the direct inclusion of code while code inclusion involves the addition or replacement of a reference to a code file, which is subsequently loaded by the target and used as part of the code of some application.
  • Serialized Data External Linking CAPEC-201 An adversary creates a serialized data file (e.g. XML, YAML, etc...) that contains an external data reference. Because serialized data parsers may not validate documents with external references, there may be no checks on the nature of the reference in the external data. This can allow an adversary to open arbitrary files or connections, which may further lead to the adversary gaining access to information on the system that they would normally be unable to obtain.
  • DTD Injection CAPEC-228 An attacker injects malicious content into an application's DTD in an attempt to produce a negative technical impact. DTDs are used to describe how XML documents are processed. Certain malformed DTDs (for example, those with excessive entity expansion as described in CAPEC 197) can cause the XML parsers that process the DTDs to consume excessive resources resulting in resource depletion.
  • Local Code Inclusion CAPEC-251 The attacker forces an application to load arbitrary code files from the local machine. The attacker could use this to try to load old versions of library files that have known vulnerabilities, to load files that the attacker placed on the local machine during a prior attack, or to otherwise change the functionality of the targeted application in unexpected ways.
  • PHP Local File Inclusion CAPEC-252 The attacker loads and executes an arbitrary local PHP file on a target machine. The attacker could use this to try to load old versions of PHP files that have known vulnerabilities, to load PHP files that the attacker placed on the local machine during a prior attack, or to otherwise change the functionality of the targeted application in unexpected ways.
  • Remote Code Inclusion CAPEC-253 The attacker forces an application to load arbitrary code files from a remote location. The attacker could use this to try to load old versions of library files that have known vulnerabilities, to load malicious files that the attacker placed on the remote machine, or to otherwise change the functionality of the targeted application in unexpected ways.
  • Force Use of Corrupted Files CAPEC-263 This describes an attack where an application is forced to use a file that an attacker has corrupted. The result is often a denial of service caused by the application being unable to process the corrupted file, but other results, including the disabling of filters or access controls (if the application fails in an unsafe way rather than failing by locking down) or buffer overflows are possible.
  • Open-Source Library Manipulation CAPEC-538 Adversaries implant malicious code in open source software (OSS) libraries to have it widely distributed, as OSS is commonly downloaded by developers and other users to incorporate into software development projects. The adversary can have a particular system in mind to target, or the implantation can be the first stage of follow-on attacks on many systems.
  • Local Execution of Code CAPEC-549 An adversary installs and executes malicious code on the target system in an effort to achieve a negative technical impact. Examples include rootkits, ransomware, spyware, adware, and others.
  • Inclusion of Code in Existing Process CAPEC-640 The adversary takes advantage of a bug in an application failing to verify the integrity of the running process to execute arbitrary code in the address space of a separate live process. The adversary could use running code in the context of another process to try to access process's memory, system/network resources, etc. The goal of this attack is to evade detection defenses and escalate privileges by masking the malicious code under an existing legitimate process. Examples of approaches include but not limited to: dynamic-link library (DLL) injection, portable executable injection, thread execution hijacking, ptrace system calls, VDSO hijacking, function hooking, reflective code loading, and more.
  • Root/Jailbreak Detection Evasion via Hooking CAPEC-660 An adversary forces a non-restricted mobile application to load arbitrary code or code files, via Hooking, with the goal of evading Root/Jailbreak detection. Mobile device users often Root/Jailbreak their devices in order to gain administrative control over the mobile operating system and/or to install third-party mobile applications that are not provided by authorized application stores (e.g. Google Play Store and Apple App Store). Adversaries may further leverage these capabilities to escalate privileges or bypass access control on legitimate applications. Although many mobile applications check if a mobile device is Rooted/Jailbroken prior to authorized use of the application, adversaries may be able to "hook" code in order to circumvent these checks. Successfully evading Root/Jailbreak detection allows an adversary to execute administrative commands, obtain confidential data, impersonate legitimate users of the application, and more.
  • Repo Jacking CAPEC-695 An adversary takes advantage of the redirect property of directly linked Version Control System (VCS) repositories to trick users into incorporating malicious code into their applications.
  • Install Malicious Extension CAPEC-698 An adversary directly installs or tricks a user into installing a malicious extension into existing trusted software, with the goal of achieving a variety of negative technical impacts.

Vulnerable Configurations

  • cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_1768-l43_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_1768-l43_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:h:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_1768-l43:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:h:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_1768-l43:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_1768-l45_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_1768-l45_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:h:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_1768-l45:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:h:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_1768-l45:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_1769-l31_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_1769-l31_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:h:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_1769-l31:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:h:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_1769-l31:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_1769-l32c_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_1769-l32c_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:h:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_1769-l32c:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:h:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_1769-l32c:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_1769-l32e_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_1769-l32e_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:h:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_1769-l32e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:h:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_1769-l32e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_1769-l35cr_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_1769-l35cr_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:h:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_1769-l35cr:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:h:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_1769-l35cr:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_1769-l35e_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_1769-l35e_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:h:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_1769-l35e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:h:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_1769-l35e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_5370_l3_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_5370_l3_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:h:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_5370_l3:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:h:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_5370_l3:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_5370_l2_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_5370_l2_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:h:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_5370_l2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:h:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_5370_l2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_5370_l1_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_5370_l1_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:h:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_5370_l1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:h:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_5370_l1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_5380_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_5380_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:h:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_5380:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:h:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_5380:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_5480_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_5480_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:h:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_5480:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:h:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_5480:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:compact_guardlogix_5370_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:compact_guardlogix_5370_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:h:rockwellautomation:compact_guardlogix_5370:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:h:rockwellautomation:compact_guardlogix_5370:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:compact_guardlogix_5380_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:compact_guardlogix_5380_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:h:rockwellautomation:compact_guardlogix_5380:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:h:rockwellautomation:compact_guardlogix_5380:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:controllogix_5550_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:controllogix_5550_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:h:rockwellautomation:controllogix_5550:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:h:rockwellautomation:controllogix_5550:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:controllogix_5560_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:controllogix_5560_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:h:rockwellautomation:controllogix_5560:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:h:rockwellautomation:controllogix_5560:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:controllogix_5570_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:controllogix_5570_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:h:rockwellautomation:controllogix_5570:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:h:rockwellautomation:controllogix_5570:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:controllogix_5580_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:controllogix_5580_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:h:rockwellautomation:controllogix_5580:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:h:rockwellautomation:controllogix_5580:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:guardlogix_5560_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:guardlogix_5560_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:h:rockwellautomation:guardlogix_5560:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:h:rockwellautomation:guardlogix_5560:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:guardlogix_5570_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:guardlogix_5570_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:h:rockwellautomation:guardlogix_5570:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:h:rockwellautomation:guardlogix_5570:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:guardlogix_5580_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:guardlogix_5580_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:h:rockwellautomation:guardlogix_5580:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:h:rockwellautomation:guardlogix_5580:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:flexlogix_1794-l34_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:flexlogix_1794-l34_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:h:rockwellautomation:flexlogix_1794-l34:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:h:rockwellautomation:flexlogix_1794-l34:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:drivelogix_5730_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:drivelogix_5730_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:h:rockwellautomation:drivelogix_5730:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:h:rockwellautomation:drivelogix_5730:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:softlogix_5800_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:softlogix_5800_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:h:rockwellautomation:softlogix_5800:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:h:rockwellautomation:softlogix_5800:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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