CVE-2022-37706 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2022-12-25

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: 56.2% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:enlightenment:enlightenment:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-3115-1	e17 security update
Debian DSA	DSA-5233-1	e17 security update

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.56195.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://git.enlightenment.org/enlightenment/enlightenment/commit/cae78cbb169f237862faef123e4abaf63a1f5064
https://git.enlightenment.org/enlightenment/enlightenment/commit/cc7faeccf77fef8b0ae70e312a21e4cde087e141
https://github.com/MaherAzzouzi/CVE-2022-37706-LPE-exploit

History

Mon, 14 Apr 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Enlightenment Enlightenment

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-12-25T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-14T18:35:47.079Z

Reserved: 2022-08-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-37706

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T10:29:21.033Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-25T19:15:10.440

Modified: 2025-04-14T19:15:31.087

Link: CVE-2022-37706

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-269

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