Cobalt Strike 4.7.1 Swing Component injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Cobalt Strike 4.7.1. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Swing Component Handler. The manipulation results in injection. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2022-42948. The attack can be executed remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Cobalt Strike 4.7.1. Affected is some unknown functionality of the component Swing Component Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-74. The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

Cobalt Strike 4.7.1 fails to properly escape HTML tags when they are displayed on Swing components. By injecting crafted HTML code, it is possible to remotely execute code in the Cobalt Strike UI.

The weakness was released 03/24/2023. The advisory is available at thesecmaster.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-42948 since 10/14/2022. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1055 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

It is declared as attacked. This issue was added on 03/30/2023 to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog with a due date of 04/20/2023:

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There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Class: Injection
CWE: CWE-74 / CWE-707 / CWE-20
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Attacked

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Timelineinfo

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03/24/2023 +161 days 🔍
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04/27/2025 +765 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: thesecmaster.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-42948 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-42948
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-223806
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2023 18:10
Updated: 04/27/2025 15:42
Changes: 03/24/2023 18:10 (36), 04/14/2023 09:14 (11), 04/28/2024 11:40 (26), 09/27/2024 13:49 (2), 01/29/2025 02:04 (13), 04/27/2025 15:42 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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