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MEDIUM CVSS 3.1
CVE-2022-37704
Amanda Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description

Amanda 3.5.1 allows privilege escalation from the regular user backup to root. The SUID binary located at /lib/amanda/rundump will execute /usr/sbin/dump as root with controlled arguments from the attacker which may lead to escalation of privileges, denial of service, and information disclosure.

INFO

Published Date :

April 16, 2023, 1:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Feb. 6, 2025, 6:15 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2022-37704 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Zmanda amanda
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Solution
To address the Amanda privilege escalation vulnerability, update and upgrade Amanda packages.
  • Update the affected Amanda packages.
  • Upgrade the Amanda client packages.
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2022-37704 has a 3 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

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-2022-37704.

URL Resource
http://www.amanda.org/ Product
https://github.com/MaherAzzouzi/CVE-2022-37704 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/zmanda/amanda/issues/192
https://github.com/zmanda/amanda/pull/197 Patch
https://github.com/zmanda/amanda/pull/205 Patch
https://github.com/zmanda/amanda/releases/tag/tag-community-3.5.3
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00025.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A5DCLSX5YYTWMKSMDL67M5STZ5ZDSOXK/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ATMGMVS3QDN6OMKMHGUTUTU7NS7HR3BZ/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JYREA6LFXF5M7K4WLNJV5VNQPS4MTBW2/
https://marc.info/?l=amanda-hackers
http://www.amanda.org/ Product
https://github.com/MaherAzzouzi/CVE-2022-37704 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/zmanda/amanda/issues/192
https://github.com/zmanda/amanda/pull/197 Patch
https://github.com/zmanda/amanda/pull/205 Patch
https://github.com/zmanda/amanda/releases/tag/tag-community-3.5.3
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00025.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A5DCLSX5YYTWMKSMDL67M5STZ5ZDSOXK/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ATMGMVS3QDN6OMKMHGUTUTU7NS7HR3BZ/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JYREA6LFXF5M7K4WLNJV5VNQPS4MTBW2/
https://marc.info/?l=amanda-hackers
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2022-37704 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-2022-37704 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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whoforget/CVE-POC

None

Updated: 2 years, 5 months ago
0 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : April 8, 2023, 6:19 a.m. This repo has been linked 928 different CVEs too.
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k0mi-tg/CVE-POC

None

Updated: 1 year, 6 months ago
20 stars 3 fork 3 watcher
Born at : Feb. 14, 2023, 6:10 p.m. This repo has been linked 921 different CVEs too.
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MaherAzzouzi/CVE-2022-37704

Amanda 3.5.1 LPE

Updated: 2 years, 6 months ago
3 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : Oct. 23, 2022, 11:43 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2022-37704 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2022-37704 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.

  • CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    Feb. 06, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-77
  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.amanda.org/
    Added Reference https://github.com/MaherAzzouzi/CVE-2022-37704
    Added Reference https://github.com/zmanda/amanda/issues/192
    Added Reference https://github.com/zmanda/amanda/pull/197
    Added Reference https://github.com/zmanda/amanda/pull/205
    Added Reference https://github.com/zmanda/amanda/releases/tag/tag-community-3.5.3
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00025.html
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A5DCLSX5YYTWMKSMDL67M5STZ5ZDSOXK/
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ATMGMVS3QDN6OMKMHGUTUTU7NS7HR3BZ/
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JYREA6LFXF5M7K4WLNJV5VNQPS4MTBW2/
    Added Reference https://marc.info/?l=amanda-hackers
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ATMGMVS3QDN6OMKMHGUTUTU7NS7HR3BZ/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JYREA6LFXF5M7K4WLNJV5VNQPS4MTBW2/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A5DCLSX5YYTWMKSMDL67M5STZ5ZDSOXK/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/A5DCLSX5YYTWMKSMDL67M5STZ5ZDSOXK/
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/JYREA6LFXF5M7K4WLNJV5VNQPS4MTBW2/
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ATMGMVS3QDN6OMKMHGUTUTU7NS7HR3BZ/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 06, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00025.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://github.com/zmanda/amanda/issues/192 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/A5DCLSX5YYTWMKSMDL67M5STZ5ZDSOXK/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://marc.info/?l=amanda-hackers [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/JYREA6LFXF5M7K4WLNJV5VNQPS4MTBW2/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ATMGMVS3QDN6OMKMHGUTUTU7NS7HR3BZ/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 30, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://github.com/zmanda/amanda/releases/tag/tag-community-3.5.3 [No Types Assigned]
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 28, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 26, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    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.amanda.org/ No Types Assigned http://www.amanda.org/ Product
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/MaherAzzouzi/CVE-2022-37704 No Types Assigned https://github.com/MaherAzzouzi/CVE-2022-37704 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/zmanda/amanda/pull/197 No Types Assigned https://github.com/zmanda/amanda/pull/197 Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/zmanda/amanda/pull/205 No Types Assigned https://github.com/zmanda/amanda/pull/205 Patch
    Added CWE NIST CWE-77
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:zmanda:amanda:3.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 6.7
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.09 }} -0.01%

score

0.26321

percentile