CVE-2022-35631 — On MacOS and Linux, it may be possible to perform a symlink attack by replacing

On MacOS and Linux, it may be possible to perform a symlink attack by replacing this predictable file name with a symlink to another file and have the Velociraptor client overwrite the other file. This issue was resolved in Velociraptor 0.6.5-2.

01What is this vulnerability?

On MacOS and Linux, it may be possible to perform a symlink attack by replacing this predictable file name with a symlink to another file and have the Velociraptor client overwrite the other file. This issue was resolved in Velociraptor 0.6.5-2.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Rapid7	Velociraptor	0.6.5-2

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

08Timeline

• Published: 2022-07-29T17:00:46.360Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-16T22:20:46.285Z

09References

• www.rapid7.com — https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2022/07/26/cve-2022-35629-35632-velociraptor-mu…