CVEvulnerability
CVE-2022-37706
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2022-12-25
- 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 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-269
Description
enlightenment_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.
Affected configurations
• enlightenment enlightenment (< 0.25.4)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness
References
- https://git.enlightenment.org/enlightenment/enlightenment/commit/cae78cbb169f237862faef123e4abaf63a1f5064 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://git.enlightenment.org/enlightenment/enlightenment/commit/cc7faeccf77fef8b0ae70e312a21e4cde087e141 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/MaherAzzouzi/CVE-2022-37706-LPE-exploit Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://git.enlightenment.org/enlightenment/enlightenment/commit/cae78cbb169f237862faef123e4abaf63a1f5064 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://git.enlightenment.org/enlightenment/enlightenment/commit/cc7faeccf77fef8b0ae70e312a21e4cde087e141 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/MaherAzzouzi/CVE-2022-37706-LPE-exploit Exploit, Third Party Advisory