High severity · published Oct 26, 2022
CVE-2022-31256
sendmail: mail to root privilege escalation via sm-client.pre script
7.8
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') vulnerability in a script called by the sendmail systemd service of openSUSE Factory allows local attackers to escalate from user mail to root. This issue affects: SUSE openSUSE Factory sendmail versions prior to 8.17.1-1.1.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 16% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OF
openSUSE Factory · SUSE
sendmail before 8.17.1-1.1 · source: vendor
FA
Factory · Opensuse
before 8.17.1-1.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-31256
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-31256
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1204696
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