CVE-2022-40297 (GCVE-0-2022-40297)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-09-08 23:38 – Updated: 2024-08-03 12:14 Disputed
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-07-03 15:03 UTC
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 29/100 over 2337 records in the last 180 days details
References
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