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CVE-2022-31253

openldap2: /usr/lib/openldap/start allows ldap user/group to recursively chown arbitrary directory trees to itself

Published: Nov 9, 2022Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-426
7.1HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 75.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

A Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in openldap2 of openSUSE Factory allows local attackers with control of the ldap user or group to change ownership of arbitrary directory entries to this user/group, leading to escalation to root. This issue affects: openSUSE Factory openldap2 versions prior to 2.6.3-404.1.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:N
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:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-426

Affected Products

Novell Inc.
commercial·US
openSUSE TumbleweedOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
openldap2On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
openSUSE
oss-project·DE
FactoryOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
openldap2On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Persistence
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References

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1202931
bugzilla.suse.com
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-31253
nvd.nist.gov
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-31253.html
suse.com
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