Vulnerability Details : CVE-2022-21946
A Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource vulnerability in the sudoers configuration in cscreen of openSUSE Factory allows any local users to gain the privileges of the tty and dialout groups and access and manipulate any running cscreen seesion. This issue affects: openSUSE Factory cscreen version 1.2-1.3 and prior versions.
Products affected by CVE-2022-21946
- cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:cscreen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-21946
0.04%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 6 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2022-21946
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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4.6
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MEDIUM | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
3.9
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6.4
|
NIST | |
|
5.3
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MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
1.8
|
3.4
|
SUSE | |
|
5.3
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MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
1.8
|
3.4
|
NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2022-21946
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The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.Assigned by: meissner@suse.de (Secondary)
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The product specifies permissions for a security-critical resource in a way that allows that resource to be read or modified by unintended actors.Assigned by:
- meissner@suse.de (Primary)
- nvd@nist.gov (Secondary)
References for CVE-2022-21946
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https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1196451
Bug 1196451 – VUL-0: CVE-2022-21946: cscreen: restrict usage of cscreen to a trusted set of usersExploit;Issue Tracking;Vendor Advisory
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