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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2023-2226
CVE-2023-2226:
Velociraptor vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
Due to insufficient validation in the PE and OLE parsers in Rapid7's Velociraptor versions earlier than 0.6.8, a vulnerability was discovered that allows attackers to crash Velociraptor during parsing of maliciously malformed files. The vulnerability was assigned CVE-2023-2226 and was published on April 21, 2023 (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as an Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125) issue. The CVSS v3.1 base score assigned by NVD is 5.3 (MEDIUM) with vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L, while Rapid7 assessed it with a base score of 3.3 (LOW) with vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L (NVD).
Impact
When successfully exploited, the vulnerability causes Velociraptor to crash during the parsing of malformed files. However, after crashing, the Velociraptor service will restart, and it will still be possible to collect other artifacts (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability has been fixed in Velociraptor version 0.6.8. Users should upgrade to this version or later to mitigate the issue (NVD).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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