CVE-2022-30688
Needrestart Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description
needrestart 0.8 through 3.5 before 3.6 is prone to local privilege escalation. Regexes to detect the Perl, Python, and Ruby interpreters are not anchored, allowing a local user to escalate privileges when needrestart tries to detect if interpreters are using old source files.
INFO
Published Date :
May 17, 2022, 7:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Aug. 8, 2023, 2:22 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
1.8
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2022-30688
vulnerability.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2022-30688.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/17/9 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/liske/needrestart/commit/e6e58136e1e3c92296e2e810cb8372a5fe0dbd30 | Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/liske/needrestart/releases/tag/v3.6 | Release Notes Third Party Advisory |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00024.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2022/msg00105.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5137 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/17/9 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
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Local Privilege Escalations in needrestart
Full Disclosure mailing list archives From: Qualys Security Advisory via Fulldisclosure <fulldisclosure () seclists org> Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 16:28:37 +0000 Qualys Security Advisory LPEs in needrest ... Read more
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2022-30688 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CWE Remap by [email protected]
Aug. 08, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CWE CWE-269 NVD-CWE-Other -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
May. 25, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/17/9 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/17/9 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://github.com/liske/needrestart/commit/e6e58136e1e3c92296e2e810cb8372a5fe0dbd30 No Types Assigned https://github.com/liske/needrestart/commit/e6e58136e1e3c92296e2e810cb8372a5fe0dbd30 Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://github.com/liske/needrestart/releases/tag/v3.6 No Types Assigned https://github.com/liske/needrestart/releases/tag/v3.6 Release Notes, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00024.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00024.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2022/msg00105.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2022/msg00105.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5137 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5137 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/17/9 No Types Assigned https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/17/9 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Added CWE NIST CWE-269 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:needrestart_project:needrestart:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 0.8 up to (excluding) 3.6 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 18, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5137 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00024.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 17, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/17/9 [No Types Assigned]
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2022-30688 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2022-30688
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.04 }} 0.00%
score
0.05635
percentile