CVE-2022-34438 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Dell PowerScale OneFS, versions 8.2.x-9.4.0.x, contain a privilege context switching error. A local authenticated malicious user with high privileges could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to full system compromise. This impacts compliance mode clusters.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00141.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Dell	Emc Powerscale Onefs

Configuration 1 [-]

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-37393	Dell PowerScale OneFS, versions 8.2.x-9.4.0.x, contain a privilege context switching error. A local authenticated malicious user with high privileges could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to full system compromise. This impacts compliance mode clusters.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000204053/dsa-2022-245-dell-emc-powerscale-onefs-security-update-for-multiple-security-updates

History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.0004}`	epss `{'score': 0.00044}`

Wed, 07 May 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: dell

Published: 2022-10-21T18:05:28.290Z

Updated: 2025-05-07T15:39:17.442Z

Reserved: 2022-06-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-34438

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T09:07:16.250Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-10-21T18:15:09.970

Modified: 2025-05-07T16:15:20.327

Link: CVE-2022-34438

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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