CVE-2022-37704

Published Apr 16, 2023

Last updated a year ago

CVSS medium 6.7

Overview

Description: Amanda 3.5.1 allows privilege escalation from the regular user backup to root. The SUID binary located at /lib/amanda/rundump will execute /usr/sbin/dump as root with controlled arguments from the attacker which may lead to escalation of privileges, denial of service, and information disclosure.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 6.7
Impact score: 5.9
Exploitability score: 0.8
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: MEDIUM

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-77

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:zmanda:amanda:3.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "4D565A85-008D-4DCC-986C-15A258762DEE"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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