CVEvulnerability

CVE-2022-40297

7.8 HIGH Published 2022-09-09 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2022-09-09
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
Weaknesses
CWE-269

Description

UBports Ubuntu Touch 16.04 allows the screen-unlock passcode to be used for a privileged shell via Sudo. This passcode is only four digits, far below typical length/complexity for a user account's password. NOTE: a third party states "The described attack cannot be executed as demonstrated.

Affected configurations

• ubports ubuntu touch 16.04

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness

References