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high 7.8

CVE-2022-37706 json

enlightenment_sys in Enlightenment before 0.25.4 allows local users to gain privileges because it is setuid root, and the system library fu…

published 2022-12-25 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-40320

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.0%
EPSS 6.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
2
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • enlightenment enlightenment 0.25.4
  • e17 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.25.4-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-37706

  • e17 Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 0.17.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
  • e17 Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 0.17.6-1.1ubuntu0.1~esm1
  • e17 Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS 0.23.1-4ubuntu0.1~esm1
  • e17 Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS 0.25.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-37706

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • enlightenment Package Hub 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 0.25.4-bp154.4.3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2022:10153-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2022-37706 updated

enlightenment: elevate privileges to root.

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/linux/local/ubuntu_enlightenment_mount_priv_esc)
  2. Published

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
18 mo ago

Exploit prediction

6.01% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References

Sources

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