CVE-2022-38165 is a critical arbitrary file write vulnerability affecting F-Secure Policy Manager versions through August 10, 2022. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to write files with arbitrary content to any location on the Policy Manager server. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), it poses a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is currently unavailable, and it is not listed on the CISA KEV catalog. Despite the lack of exploit intelligence, the vulnerability has garnered substantial community discussion, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:withsecure:f-secure_policy_manager:-:*:*:*:*:linux_kernel:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:withsecure:f-secure_policy_manager:-:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.