CVE-2022-37705 Privilege escalation in n/a
A local attacker with backup user privileges can escalate to root by exploiting argument injection in the runtar SUID wrapper.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-37705?
CVE-2022-37705 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Apr 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A privilege escalation flaw was found in Amanda 3.5.1 in which the backup user can acquire root privileges. The vulnerable component is the runtar SUID program, which is a wrapper to run /usr/bin/tar with specific arguments that are controllable by the attacker. This program mishandles the arguments passed to tar binary (it expects that the argument name and value are separated with a space; however, separating them with an equals sign is also supported),
Weakness: CWE-88
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-37705?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (1)
amanda openSUSE:Tumbleweed | All versions | 3.5.2-3.1 |
Products include Zmanda Amanda.
How do I fix CVE-2022-37705?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2022-37705 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-37705 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-37705, GHSA-f6f6-98vp-w8mf, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-37705, openSUSE-SU-2024:12706-1.