CVE-2022-22976 Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Details

CVE-2022-22976
Vulnerability Scoring

5.3
/10
Significant Risk

Security assessments indicate that CVE-2022-22976 presents a notable risk, potentially requiring prompt mitigation.

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: Unchanged
    Exploit remains within the originally vulnerable component.
  • User Interaction: None
    No user interaction is necessary for exploitation.

CVE-2022-22976 Details

Status: Modified

Last updated: 🕡 21 Nov 2024, 06:47 UTC
Originally published on: 🕒 19 May 2022, 15:15 UTC

Time between publication and last update: 916 days

CVSS Release: version 3

CVSS3 Source

nvd@nist.gov

CVSS3 Type

Primary

CVSS3 Vector

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

CVE-2022-22976 Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2022-22976: Spring Security versions 5.5.x prior to 5.5.7, 5.6.x prior to 5.6.4, and earlier unsupported versions contain an integer overflow vulnerability. When using the BCrypt class with the maximum work factor (31), the encoder does not perform any salt rounds, due to an integer overflow error. The default settings are not affected by this CVE.

Assessing the Risk of CVE-2022-22976

Access Complexity Graph

The exploitability of CVE-2022-22976 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-2022-22976

With low attack complexity and no required privileges, CVE-2022-22976 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-2022-22976, 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-2022-22976, showing how Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability might be affected if the vulnerability is exploited. Higher values usually signal greater potential damage.

  • Confidentiality: Low
    CVE-2022-22976 could lead to minor leaks of non-critical information without major privacy breaches.
  • Integrity: None
    CVE-2022-22976 poses no threat to data integrity.
  • Availability: None
    CVE-2022-22976 does not impact system availability.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

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

EPSS Score: 0.131% (probability of exploit)

EPSS Percentile: 49.55% (lower percentile = lower relative risk)
This vulnerability is less risky than approximately 50.45% of others.

CVE-2022-22976 References

External References

CWE Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-190

CAPEC Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification

  • Forced Integer Overflow CAPEC-92 This attack forces an integer variable to go out of range. The integer variable is often used as an offset such as size of memory allocation or similarly. The attacker would typically control the value of such variable and try to get it out of range. For instance the integer in question is incremented past the maximum possible value, it may wrap to become a very small, or negative number, therefore providing a very incorrect value which can lead to unexpected behavior. At worst the attacker can execute arbitrary code.

Vulnerable Configurations

  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.3.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.3.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.3.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.3.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.3.0:milestone1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.3.0:milestone1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.4.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.4.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.4.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.4.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.4.0:milestone1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.4.0:milestone1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.4.0:milestone2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.4.0:milestone2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.5.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.5.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.5.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.5.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.5.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.5.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.5.0:milestone1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.5.0:milestone1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.5.0:milestone2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.5.0:milestone2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.5.0:milestone3:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.5.0:milestone3:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.2.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:5.2.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:oracle:financial_services_crime_and_compliance_management_studio:8.0.8.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:oracle:financial_services_crime_and_compliance_management_studio:8.0.8.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:oracle:financial_services_crime_and_compliance_management_studio:8.0.8.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:oracle:financial_services_crime_and_compliance_management_studio:8.0.8.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*

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