CVE-2022-1661 (GCVE-0-2022-1661)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-05-31 19:36 – Updated: 2025-04-16 16:17
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Keysight N6854A Geolocation server and N6841A RF Sensor software
Summary
The affected products are vulnerable to directory traversal, which may allow an attacker to obtain arbitrary operating system files.
Severity
7.5 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-16 15:55 UTC
CWE
- CWE-23 - Relative Path Traversal
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-2… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keysight | N6854A Geolocation server and N6841A RF Sensor software |
Affected:
all , < 2.3.0
(custom)
|
Date Public
2022-05-26 00:00
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