UBUNTU-CVE-2022-37706

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2022-37706

    Published: 25 Dec 2022Last Modified: 25 Oct 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2022-37706

    Summary:

    Details: enlightenment_sys in Enlightenment before 0.25.4 allows local users to gain privileges because it is setuid root, and the system library function mishandles pathnames that begin with a /dev/.. substring.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-37706, https://github.com/MaherAzzouzi/CVE-2022-37706-LPE-exploit, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-37706

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: e17

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/e17?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.17.6-1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High