# CVE-2022-35412: Security feature bypass in n/a

> Administrators can bypass uninstall restrictions to disable agent functionality and exfiltrate files to external USB devices.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Jul 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6q65-35j2-gh88

## What is CVE-2022-35412?

CVE-2022-35412 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 8 Jul 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Digital Guardian Agent 7.7.4.0042 allows an administrator (who ordinarily does not have a supported way to uninstall the product) to disable some of the agent functionality and then exfiltrate files to an external USB device.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-35412?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Digitalguardian Digital Guardian.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-35412?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-35412 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-35412 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-35412 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-35412 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-35412 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 8 Jul 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-35412 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. 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-2022-35412/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-35412/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-35412
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-35412
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-35412

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-35412/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.