CVEvulnerability
CVE-2022-23220
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2022-01-21
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-306
Description
USBView 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.
Affected configurations
• usbview project usbview (< 2.2)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality weakness
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/22/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/gregkh/usbview/commit/bf374fa4e5b9a756789dfd88efa93806a395463b Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-15 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5052 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/21/1 Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/22/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/gregkh/usbview/commit/bf374fa4e5b9a756789dfd88efa93806a395463b Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-15 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5052 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/21/1 Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory