CVE-2022-31252

MEDIUM

openSUSE Leap and Leap Micro - Incorrect Authorization in chkstat

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in chkstat of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5; openSUSE Leap 15.3, openSUSE Leap 15.4, openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2 did not consider group writable path components, allowing local attackers with access to a group what can write to a location included in the path to a privileged binary to influence path resolution. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 permissions versions prior to 20170707. openSUSE Leap 15.3 permissions versions prior to 20200127. openSUSE Leap 15.4 permissions versions prior to 20201225. openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2 permissions versions prior to 20181225.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1203018

Scores

CVSS v3 4.4
EPSS 0.0003
EPSS Percentile 9.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-863
Status published
Products (4)
opensuse/leap 15.3
opensuse/leap 15.4
opensuse/leap_micro 5.2
suse/linux_enterprise_server 12 sp5
Published Oct 06, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026