CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2022-4563

A vulnerability was found in Freedom of the Press SecureDrop. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file gpg-agent.conf. The manipulation leads to symlink following. Local access is required to approach this attack. The name of the patch is b0526a06f8ca713cce74b63e00d3730618d89691. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-215972.

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://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/pull/6704 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/commit/b0526a06f8ca713cce74b63e00d3730618d89691 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://vuldb.com/?id.215972 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:freedom:securedrop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2022-12-16 05:15

Updated : 2022-12-21 06:38

NVD link : CVE-2022-4563

Mitre link : CVE-2022-4563

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-59

CWE-61

UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following