FKIE_CVE-2022-21944

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2022-01-26 09:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 04:27
Severity
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
References
meissner@suse.dehttps://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1194470Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1194470Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
opensuse factory_watchman *
suse suse_linux_enterprise_server 15
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