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CVE-2022-21944

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CVE-2022-21944

Published: Jan 26, 2022

Modified: Sep 16, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.8

HIGH

Description

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.

VendorProductVersions

openSUSE

openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP3

affected
watchman - < 4.9.0

openSUSE

Factory

affected
watchman - < 4.9.0-9.1

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

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