Riskcovery

CVE-2022-39245

Mist vulnerable to user providing a Sudo binary for authentication checks

State
Published
Severity
8.4 High
Published
Sep 26, 2022
Updated
Apr 23, 2025
Reserved
Sep 2, 2022

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Description

Mist is the command-line interface for the makedeb Package Repository. Prior to version 0.9.5, a user-provided `sudo` binary via the `PATH` variable can allow a local user to run arbitrary commands on the user's system with root permissions. Versions 0.9.5 and later contain a patch. No known workarounds exist.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.18.4 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-305 Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness
  • CWE-287 Improper Authentication

Affected Products

ProductVersions
mistmakedeb
  • < 0.9.5Affected

References

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