CVE-2022-21944CWE-59

watchman: chown in [email protected] unit allows symlink attack

High · published January 26, 2022

CVSS v3.1

7.8

EPSS

Percentile

20.1

In the wild

Unconfirmed

What it is

A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the systemd service file for watchman of openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP3, Factory allows local attackers to escalate to root. This issue affects: openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP3 watchman versions prior to 4.9.0. openSUSE Factory watchman versions prior to 4.9.0-9.1.

The record

Technical detail

CVSS v3.1: 7.8 · HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0: Not supplied
EPSS: 0.00287 · 20.1th percentile
Weakness: CWE-59 · Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Published: 2022-01-26T09:10Z

EPSS history

Timeline

26 JAN 09:10Z
watchman: chown in [email protected] unit allows symlink attack
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