CVE-2022-35978
HIGHMinetest < 5.6.0 - Unauthenticated Protection Mechanism Failure via Global Setting
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2022-35978. PoCs published by CanVo.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This repository contains a functional proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2022-35978, which leverages an unsandboxed Lua environment in Minetest to execute arbitrary commands when the game exits to the main menu. The exploit demonstrates privilege escalation by creating a backdoor user with administrative privileges on Windows.
Description
Minetest is a free open-source voxel game engine with easy modding and game creation. In **single player**, a mod can set a global setting that controls the Lua script loaded to display the main menu. The script is then loaded as soon as the game session is exited. The Lua environment the menu runs in is not sandboxed and can directly interfere with the user's system. There are currently no known workarounds.
Exploits (1)
This repository contains a functional proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2022-35978, which leverages an unsandboxed Lua environment in Minetest to execute arbitrary commands when the game exits to the main menu. The exploit demonstrates privilege escalation by creating a backdoor user with administrative privileges on Windows.
References (3)
Scores
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L