CVE-2022-25165

HIGH

Amazon AWS VPN Client 2.0.0 - TOCTOU Race Condition via Configuration File Injection

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An issue was discovered in Amazon AWS VPN Client 2.0.0. A TOCTOU race condition exists during the validation of VPN configuration files. This allows parameters outside of the AWS VPN Client allow list to be injected into the configuration file prior to the AWS VPN Client service (running as SYSTEM) processing the file. Dangerous arguments can be injected by a low-level user such as log, which allows an arbitrary destination to be specified for writing log files. This leads to an arbitrary file write as SYSTEM with partial control over the files content. This can be abused to cause an elevation of privilege or denial of service.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/RhinoSecurityLabs/CVEs
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/cve-2022-25165-aws-vpn-client/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.0
EPSS 0.0097
EPSS Percentile 76.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-367
Status published
Products (1)
amazon/aws_client_vpn 2.0.0
Published Apr 14, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026