CVE-2022-23220

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Summary

CVECVE-2022-23220
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-01-21 16:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-09 20:56:00 UTC
DescriptionUSBView 2.1 before 2.2 allows some local users (e.g., ones logged in via SSH) to execute arbitrary code as root because certain Polkit settings (e.g., allow_any=yes) for pkexec disable the authentication requirement. Code execution can, for example, use the --gtk-module option. This affects Ubuntu, Debian, and Gentoo.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-306

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux - All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux - All All All
Operating System Gentoo Linux - All All All
Application Usbview Project Usbview All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Re: usbview polkit policy local root exploit (CVE-2022-23220) MLIST www.openwall.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-5052-1 usbview DEBIAN www.debian.org
org.freedesktop.pkexec.usbview.policy: fix a local root privilege esc… · gregkh/usbview@bf374fa · GitHub MISC github.com
oss-security - usbview polkit policy local root exploit (CVE-2022-23220) MISC www.openwall.com
USBView: root privilege escalation via insecure polkit settings (GLSA 202310-15) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 179016 Debian Security Update for usbview (DSA 5052-1)
  • 183504 Debian Security Update for usbview (CVE-2022-23220)
  • 198642 Ubuntu Security Notification for USBView Vulnerability (USN-5249-1)
  • 282310 Fedora Security Update for usbview (FEDORA-2022-256142639c)
  • 282311 Fedora Security Update for usbview (FEDORA-2022-421e65c5d4)
  • 710774 Gentoo Linux USBView root privilege escalation via insecure polkit settings Vulnerability (GLSA 202310-15)
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