PT-2022-6273 · Litespeed Technologies · Openlitespeed Web Server+1

Published 2022-10-27 · Updated 2025-03-19 · CVE-2022-0074

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.0

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions OpenLiteSpeed Web Server versions 1.6.15 through 1.7.16.1 LiteSpeed Web Server Container versions 1.6.15 through 1.7.16.1

Description The issue is related to an Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in LiteSpeed Technologies OpenLiteSpeed Web Server and LiteSpeed Web Server Container, which allows Privilege Escalation. This can be exploited by a remote attacker to elevate their privileges.

Recommendations For OpenLiteSpeed Web Server versions 1.6.15 through 1.7.16.1, update to version 1.7.16.1 or later to resolve the issue. For LiteSpeed Web Server Container versions 1.6.15 through 1.7.16.1, update to version 1.7.16.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to sensitive areas of the web server to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Untrusted Search Path

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-426

Related Identifiers

BDU:2023-00698

CVE-2022-0074

Affected Products

Litespeed Web Server Container

Openlitespeed Web Server

References · 11

• 🔥 https://github.com/litespeedtech/ols-dockerfiles/blob/master/template/Dockerfile#L29 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-0074 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0074 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-00698 · Security Note
• https://t.me/true_secator/3695 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/aptreports/17043 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/thehackernews/2756 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/52175 · Telegram Post
• https://blog.litespeedtech.com/2022/11/14/cve-2022-0072-cve-2022-0073-and-cve-2022-0074 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/37088 · Telegram Post
• https://sentinelone.com/blog/dragon-raas-pro-russian-hacktivist-group-aims-to-build-on-the-five-families-cybercrime-reputation · Note