CVE-2022-31256

Summary

CVECVE-2022-31256
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-10-26 09:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-10-28 17:49:00 UTC
DescriptionA Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') vulnerability in a script called by the sendmail systemd service of openSUSE Factory allows local attackers to escalate from user mail to root. This issue affects: SUSE openSUSE Factory sendmail versions prior to 8.17.1-1.1.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-59

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Opensuse Factory All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 1204696 – VUL-0: CVE-2022-31256: sendmail: mail to root privilege escalation via sm-client.pre script CONFIRM bugzilla.suse.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: Matthias Gerstner and Filippo Bonazzi from SUSE

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 752770 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for sendmail (SUSE-SU-2022:3899-1)
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