CVE-2022-23220

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Jan 21, 2022
Updated: Aug 3, 2024
Reserved: Jan 14, 2022

Description

USBView 2.1 before 2.2 allows some local users (e.g., ones logged in via SSH) to execute arbitrary code as root because certain Polkit settings (e.g., allow_any=yes) for pkexec disable the authentication requirement. Code execution can, for example, use the --gtk-module option. This affects Ubuntu, Debian, and Gentoo.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
n/an/a	n/aAffected

References

https://github.com/gregkh/usbview/commit/bf374fa4e5b9a756789dfd88efa93806a395463b
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/21/1
DSA-5052vendor-advisory
[oss-security] 20220122 Re: usbview polkit policy local root exploit (CVE-2022-23220)mailing-list
GLSA-202310-15vendor-advisory

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