Code Injection in Simba Amazon Athena ODBC Driver - CVE-2022-29971
Published: May 9, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU62880
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-29971
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges within the application.
The vulnerability exists due to argument injection vulnerability in the browser-based authentication component of the Magnitude Simba Amazon Athena ODBC Driver and involves improper validation of authentication tokens. A local user can escalate privileges within the affected application.Affected software
Simba Amazon Athena ODBC Driver
How to mitigate CVE-2022-29971
Install updates from vendor's website.
Simba Amazon Athena ODBC Driver - update to 1.1.17