Code Injection in Simba Amazon Redshift JDBC Driver - CVE-2022-30240

Vulnerability identifier: #VU62881

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-30240

CWE-ID: CWE-94

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: Magnitude Software Inc.

Affected software:
Simba Amazon Redshift JDBC Driver

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 Redshift JDBC Driver and involves improper validation of authentication tokens. A local user can escalate privileges within the affected application.

Install updates from vendor's website.

• https://insightsoftware.com/trust/security/advisories/redshift-and-athena-driver-vulnerability/