Summary
The AWS VPN Client application is affected by an arbitrary file write as SYSTEM,
which can lead to privilege escalation and an information disclosure vulnerability
that allows the user's Net-NTLMv2 hash to be leaked via a UNC path in a VPN configuration file.
Affected Services
VPN
Remediation
Update the client to version 3.0.0.
Tracked CVEs
CVE-2022-25165
References
https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/cve-2022-25165-aws-vpn-client/https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/AWS-2022-005/
Contributed by https://github.com/0xdabbad00
Disclosure Date
Tue, Feb 15th, 2022
Exploitablity Period
-
Known ITW Exploitation
-
Detection Methods
-
Piercing Index Rating
-
Discovered by
David Yesland, Rhino Security
