CVE-2022-45305 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Insecure permissions in Chocolatey Python3 package v3.11.0 and below grants all users in the Authenticated Users group write privileges for the subfolder C:\Python311 and all files located in that folder.

Published: 2022-11-29

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:chocolatey:chocolatey_python3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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
EUVD	EUVD-2022-48204	Insecure permissions in Chocolatey Python3 package v3.11.0 and below grants all users in the Authenticated Users group write privileges for the subfolder C:\Python311 and all files located in that folder.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00114.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/ycdxsb/Vuln/blob/main/python3-weak-permission-vuln/python3-weak-permission-vuln.md

History

Fri, 25 Apr 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Chocolatey Chocolatey Python3

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-11-29T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-25T14:32:46.229Z

Reserved: 2022-11-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-45305

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T14:09:56.885Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-29T02:15:09.067

Modified: 2025-04-25T15:15:34.287

Link: CVE-2022-45305

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-732

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