CVE-2022-31791

Summary

CVECVE-2022-31791
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-09-06 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-09-10 03:18:00 UTC
DescriptionWatchGuard Firebox and XTM appliances allow a local attacker (that has already obtained shell access) to elevate their privileges and execute code with root permissions. This is fixed in Fireware OS 12.8.1, 12.5.10, and 12.1.4.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Watchguard Fireware All All All All
Operating System Watchguard Fireware 12.6.1 u1 All All
Operating System Watchguard Fireware 12.6.1 u3 All All
Operating System Watchguard Fireware 12.6.3 All All All
Operating System Watchguard Fireware 12.6.4 All All All
Operating System Watchguard Fireware 12.7.0 u1 All All
Operating System Watchguard Fireware 12.7.1 All All All
Operating System Watchguard Fireware 12.7.2 u2 All All
Operating System Watchguard Fireware 12.8.0 u1 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Firebox Local Privilege Escallation Vulnerability | WatchGuard Technologies MISC www.watchguard.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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