CVE-2022-31253 (GCVE-0-2022-31253)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-11-09 13:50 – Updated: 2025-05-01 14:21
VLAI
Title
openldap2: /usr/lib/openldap/start allows ldap user/group to recursively chown arbitrary directory trees to itself
Summary
A Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in openldap2 of openSUSE Factory allows local attackers with control of the ldap user or group to change ownership of arbitrary directory entries to this user/group, leading to escalation to root. This issue affects: openSUSE Factory openldap2 versions prior to 2.6.3-404.1.
Severity
7.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-05-01 14:21 UTC
CWE
Assigner
suse CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 80/100 over 116 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
openSUSE Factory Affected: openldap2 , < 2.6.3-404.1 (custom)
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Date Public
2022-10-27 00:00
Credits
Matthias Gerstner from SUSE
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