CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2022-21944

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.

7.2 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

Scope

7.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1194470 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1
Information

Published : 2022-01-26 09:15

Updated : 2023-01-19 01:15

NVD link : CVE-2022-21944

Mitre link : CVE-2022-21944

Products Affected

Factory Watchman

Opensuse

CWE
CWE-59