Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in AMANDA - CVE-2022-37705
Published: April 3, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU74336
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-37705
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Amanda.org
Affected software:
AMANDA
AMANDA
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to application is using a setuid component runtar, which is a wrapper for /usr/bin/tar with specific arguments
that are controllable by the attacker. A local user can execute arbitrary code with root privileges.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-37705
Install updates from vendor's website.