CVE-2022-21944

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the systemd service file for watchman of openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP3, Factory allows local attackers to escalate to root. This issue affects: openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP3 watchman versions prior to 4.9.0. openSUSE Factory watchman versions prior to 4.9.0-9.1.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2022-21944
  • Assigner
  • meissner@suse.de
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2022-01-26T09:15:06
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-04-14T18:48:39
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-59 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/59.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:factory_watchman:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 4.9.1
cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server:15:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1194470 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-21944
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-21944
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:34:32 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-06 07:45:18 security@suse.com meissner@suse.de CVE Assigner updated
2022-12-06 07:45:18 2022-01-26T09:15Z 2022-01-26T09:15:06 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-06 07:45:18 2022-11-08T13:53:09 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-06 07:45:18 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated
2023-01-19 15:11:12 2023-01-19T13:15:14 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-01-19 15:11:12 Analyzed Modified Vulnerability Status updated
2023-01-19 20:12:16 Modified Undergoing Analysis Vulnerability Status updated
2023-04-14 20:12:57 2023-04-14T18:48:39 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-04-14 20:12:57 Undergoing Analysis Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated