CVE-2022-37706

Summary

CVECVE-2022-37706
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-12-25 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-01-04 20:30:00 UTC
Descriptionenlightenment_sys in Enlightenment before 0.25.4 allows local users to gain privileges because it is setuid root, and the system library function mishandles pathnames that begin with a /dev/.. substring.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-269

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Enlightenment Enlightenment All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
move to 0.25.4 for micro release · cae78cbb16 - enlightenment - Enlightenment GIT MISC git.enlightenment.org
GitHub - MaherAzzouzi/CVE-2022-37706-LPE-exploit: A reliable exploit + write-up to elevate privileges to root. (Tested on Ubuntu 22.04) MISC github.com
enlightenment_sys - fix security hole CVE-2022-37706 · cc7faeccf7 - enlightenment - Enlightenment GIT MISC git.enlightenment.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 181063 Debian Security Update for e17 (DLA 3115-1)
  • 181069 Debian Security Update for e17 (DSA 5233-1)
  • 182634 Debian Security Update for e17 (CVE-2022-37706)
  • 283164 Fedora Security Update for efl (FEDORA-2022-bafb72fdc0)
  • 283165 Fedora Security Update for efl (FEDORA-2022-0cc77b384a)
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