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GHSA-CFGC-FGG8-P3QF

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-10-26 12:00 – Updated: 2022-10-28 19:00

Details

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.

Severity ?

7.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2022-31256 (GCVE-0-2022-31256)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-10-26 08:55 – Updated: 2025-05-09 19:11

Summary

Severity ?

7.7 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

CWE

CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Assigner

suse

References

URL

Tags

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1204696

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	SUSE	openSUSE Factory	Affected: sendmail , < 8.17.1-1.1 (custom)

Credits

Matthias Gerstner and Filippo Bonazzi from SUSE

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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CVE-2022-31256 (GCVE-0-2022-31256)

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