CVE-2022-4563CWE-59

Freedom of the Press SecureDrop gpg-agent.conf symlink

High · published December 16, 2022

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
22.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A vulnerability was found in Freedom of the Press SecureDrop. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file gpg-agent.conf. The manipulation leads to symlink following. Local access is required to approach this attack. The name of the patch is b0526a06f8ca713cce74b63e00d3730618d89691. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-215972.

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
0.00311 · 22.7th percentile
Weakness
CWE-59 · Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Published
2022-12-16T00:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 16 DEC 00:00Z
    Freedom of the Press SecureDrop gpg-agent.conf symlink
    cvelistv5