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CVE-2022-27239

Published: Apr 27, 2022Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-787
7.8HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.6%
Top 57.8%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

In cifs-utils through 6.14, a stack-based buffer overflow when parsing the mount.cifs ip= command-line argument could lead to local attackers gaining root privileges.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-787

Affected Products

Novell Inc.
commercial·DEaka suse
caas platformOn-premOS
Operating Systems
enterprise storageOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
linux enterprise point of serviceOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
linux enterprise storageOn-premDatabase
Databases / data-warehouse-analytics
manager proxyOn-premNetwork Device
Networking Infrastructure / load-balancer-proxy
manager retail branch serverOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
manager server
Operating Systems / linux-distro
openstack cloudOn-prem
Cloud & SaaS / cloud-platform
samba
oss-project·DE
cifs-utilsOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
debian
oss-project·GBaka debian gnu/linux
debian linuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
hp
commercial·USaka hpe, hewlett packard
helion openstackOn-premWeb App
Cloud & SaaS / cloud-platform
fedoraproject
oss-project·USaka fedora project
fedoraOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Canonical Ltd.
commercial·GBaka canonical
UbuntuOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
and 28 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1197216
bugzilla.suse.com
http://wiki.robotz.com/index.php/Linux_CIFS_Utils_and_Samba
wiki.robotz.com
https://github.com/piastry/cifs-utils/pull/7/commits/955fb147e97a6a74e1aaa65766de91e2c1479765
github.com
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