CVE-2022-44725 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

OPC Foundation Local Discovery Server (LDS) through 1.04.403.478 uses a hard-coded file path to a configuration file. This allows a normal user to create a malicious file that is loaded by LDS (running as a high-privilege user).

Published: 2022-11-17

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:opcfoundation:local_discovery_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-47659	OPC Foundation Local Discovery Server (LDS) through 1.04.403.478 uses a hard-coded file path to a configuration file. This allows a normal user to create a malicious file that is loaded by LDS (running as a high-privilege user).

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

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 0.00078.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://files.opcfoundation.org/SecurityBulletins/OPC%20Foundation%20Security%20Bulletin%20CVE-2022-44725.pdf
https://opcfoundation.org/developer-tools/samples-and-tools-unified-architecture/local-discovery-server-lds/

History

Tue, 29 Apr 2025 15:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Opcfoundation Local Discovery Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-11-17T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-29T14:47:56.883Z

Reserved: 2022-11-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-44725

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T14:01:31.191Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-17T22:15:11.093

Modified: 2025-04-29T15:15:51.840

Link: CVE-2022-44725

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-732

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