Service interruption via weak log-directory permissions
Published Nov 7, 2022 · Updated May 8, 2025
Improper permissions in Trellix Data Exchange Layer Broker before 6.0.0.280 allow local users to interrupt its service on Windows. The Windows broker applies weak access controls to its logs directory, allowing a low-privileged account to manipulate that critical resource. Exploitation requires local access to an affected Windows host; published CVSS impacts are limited to availability, with no reported data disclosure or modification.
Summary
What happened
Improper permissions in Trellix Data Exchange Layer Broker before 6.0.0.280 allow local users to interrupt its service on Windows. The Windows broker applies weak access controls to its logs directory, allowing a low-privileged account to manipulate that critical resource. Exploitation requires local access to an affected Windows host; published CVSS impacts are limited to availability, with no reported data disclosure or modification.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-2188
- Published
- Nov 7, 2022
- Updated
- May 8, 2025
- Vendor
- Trellix
- Product
- Data Exchange Layer Broker
- Classifications
- CWE-732, T1489
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Nov 7, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 8, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=5.x <6.0.0.280
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