CVE-2022-38661 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

HCL Workload Automation could allow a local user to overwrite key system files which would cause the system to crash.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

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 0.00047.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Hcltechsw	Hcl Workload Automation

Configuration 1 [-]

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-41234	HCL Workload Automation could allow a local user to overwrite key system files which would cause the system to crash.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0100939

History

Fri, 02 May 2025 19:15:00 +0000

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

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: HCL

Published: 2022-11-04T20:47:16.299Z

Updated: 2025-05-02T18:34:25.692Z

Reserved: 2022-08-22T16:31:27.395Z

Link: CVE-2022-38661

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T11:02:14.320Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-12T13:15:14.540

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:16:53.177

Link: CVE-2022-38661

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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