CVE-2022-45299 is a critical arbitrary file access vulnerability affecting rust-lang webbrowser-rs v0.8.2. Attackers can exploit this flaw by crafting a malicious URL that, when processed by the IpFile argument, allows them to access arbitrary files on the system. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.8.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:webbrowser_project:webbrowser:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:* |
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
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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.