SB2022031806 - Privilege escalation in Anaconda Anaconda3 and Miniconda3
Published: March 18, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2022031806
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
NO
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Untrusted search path (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-26526)
CWE-ID: CWE-426 - Untrusted Search Path
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to an insecure permission issue in %ProgramData% directory, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.