QID 376504

Date Published: 2022-06-16

QID 376504: Apache Chainsaw Malicious Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE-2022-23307 is a critical severity against the chainsaw component in Log4j 1.x. This is the same issue corrected in CVE-2020-9493 fixed in Chainsaw 2.1.0 but Chainsaw was included as part of Log4j 1.2.x.
Affected Versions:
Prior to Chainsaw V2.0

QID detection logic(Authenticated):
This QID checks for vulnerable versions of Chainsaw

NOTE: QID will detect Chainsaw versions only work if the Chainsaw process running.

A deserialization flaw in the Chainsaw component of Log4j 1 can lead to malicious code.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 8.8 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Critical - 9 severity.
  • Solution
    Users are advised to download latest version, For more info kindly refer to CVE-2022-23307

    Vendor References

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    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    CVE-2022-23307 URL Logo logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/index.html
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