CVE-2022-31256

sendmail: mail to root privilege escalation via sm-client.pre script

State: Published
Severity: 7.7 High
Published: Oct 26, 2022
Updated: May 9, 2025
Reserved: May 20, 2022

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.7 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N	suse

Weaknesses

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

Affected Products

Product	Versions
openSUSE FactorySUSE	sendmail to before 8.17.1-1.1Affected

References

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

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