CVE-2022-36969 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2022-36969

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on...

Vulnerability Description

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of AVEVA Edge 2020 SP2 Patch 0(4201.2111.1802.0000). User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the LoadImportedLibraries method. Due to the improper restriction of XML External Entity (XXE) references, a crafted document specifying a URI causes the XML parser to access the URI and embed the contents back into the XML document for further processing. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to disclose information in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-17394.

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:

  • Piotr Bazydlo (@chudypb) of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Edge
Vulnerable Versions:
2020 SP2 Patch 0(4201.2111.1802.0000)

Timeline

Official Publish: March 29th, 2023
Last Modified: February 18th, 2025
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-611

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1005 Data from Local System
Collection
T1040 Network Sniffing
Collection
T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer
Command and Control
T1499 Endpoint Denial of Service
Impact