# CVE-2022-2975: Avaya Aura Application Enablement Services weak permissions in web application

> Administrative users can exploit weak permissions to modify accounts and execute arbitrary code as root in Avaya Aura Application Enablement Services.

- **Severity:** High 7.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Oct 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r43q-fm6x-4jgq

## What is CVE-2022-2975?

CVE-2022-2975 is a high-severity vulnerability in Avaya Aura Application Enablement Services, published on 6 Oct 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A vulnerability related to weak permissions was detected in Avaya Aura Application Enablement Services web application, allowing an administrative user to modify accounts leading to execution of arbitrary code as the root user. This issue affects Application Enablement Services versions 8.0.0.0 through 8.1.3.4 and 10.1.0.0 through 10.1.0.1. Versions prior to 8.0.0.0 are end of manufacturing support and were not evaluated.

Weakness: CWE-732 (Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource), CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-2975?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Avaya Aura Application Enablement Services.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-2975?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-2975 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-2975 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2975 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Avaya Aura Application Enablement Services

- [CVE-2016-5285](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-5285/): Null dereference in Network Security Services (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2009-3939](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-3939/): Misconfiguration in n/a (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2006-1058](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-1058/): Weak cryptography in n/a (medium 5.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-2975 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-2975 is a high-severity vulnerability in Avaya Aura Application Enablement Services, published on 6 Oct 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2975 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Avaya Aura Application Enablement Services. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2975/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2975/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2975
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2975
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-2975

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2975/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.