CVE-2022-21944 (GCVE-0-2022-21944)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-01-26 09:10 – Updated: 2024-09-16 16:43
VLAI
Title
watchman: chown in watchman@.socket unit allows symlink attack
Summary
A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the systemd service file for watchman of openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP3, Factory allows local attackers to escalate to root. This issue affects: openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP3 watchman versions prior to 4.9.0. openSUSE Factory watchman versions prior to 4.9.0-9.1.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
openSUSE openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP3 Affected: watchman , < 4.9.0 (custom)
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openSUSE Factory Affected: watchman , < 4.9.0-9.1 (custom)
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Date Public
2022-01-10 00:00
Credits
Matthias Gerstner of SUSE
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