CVE-2022-24949 Privilege escalation in Eternal Terminal
Attackers can escalate privileges to root via a race condition and buffer overflow in Eternal Terminal's socket handler.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-24949?
CVE-2022-24949 is a high-severity vulnerability in Jason Gauci Eternal Terminal, published on 16 Aug 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A privilege escalation to root exists in Eternal Terminal prior to version 6.2.0. This is due to the combination of a race condition, buffer overflow, and logic bug all in PipeSocketHandler::listen().
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-24949?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Eternal Terminal Project Eternal Terminal.
How do I fix CVE-2022-24949?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2022-24949 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-24949 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Jason Gauci Eternal Terminal
- CVE-2022-24950 Race condition in Eternal Terminal
- CVE-2022-24951 Race condition in Eternal Terminal
- CVE-2022-24952 Several denial of service vulnerabilities exist in Eternal Terminal prior to version 6.2.0, including a DoS triggered remotely by an invalid
- CVE-2023-23558 Path traversal in n/a
- CVE-2022-48257 Information disclosure in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hxg8-4r3q-p9rv.