CVE-2022-31480 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2022-31480

Unauthenticated Firmware Upload and Arbitrary Reboot

Vulnerability Description

An unauthenticated attacker could arbitrarily upload firmware files to the target device, ultimately causing a Denial-of-Service (DoS). This vulnerability impacts products based on HID Mercury Intelligent Controllers LP1501, LP1502, LP2500, LP4502, and EP4502 which contain firmware versions prior to 1.302 for the LP series and 1.296 for the EP series. The attacker needs to have a properly signed and encrypted binary, loading the firmware to the device ultimately triggers a reboot.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Sam Quinn @eAyeP and Steve Povolny @spovolny from Trellix Threat Labs

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

LNL-X2210, LNL-X2220, LNL-X3300, LNL-X4420, LNL-4420, S2-LP-1501, S2-LP-1502, S2-LP-2500, S2-LP-4502, LP1501, LP1502, LP2500, LP4502, EP4502
Vulnerable Versions:
ALL

Timeline

Official Publish: June 6th, 2022
Last Modified: September 17th, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.