Improper Privilege Management in systemd - CVE-2022-4415
Published: December 21, 2022 / Updated: May 17, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU70461
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-4415
CWE-ID: CWE-269
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Freedesktop.org
Affected software:
systemd
systemd
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to improper privilege management when handling coredumps in coredump/coredump.c. A local user can gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability affects systems with libacl support.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-4415
Install updates from vendor's website.