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HistoryApr 16, 2023 - 12:00 a.m.

CVE-2022-37705

2023-04-1600:00:00
mitre
www.cve.org
amanda vulnerability
privilege escalation
runtar suid
user privileges
security flaw

7.1 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

9.6%

A privilege escalation flaw was found in Amanda 3.5.1 in which the backup user can acquire root privileges. The vulnerable component is the runtar SUID program, which is a wrapper to run /usr/bin/tar with specific arguments that are controllable by the attacker. This program mishandles the arguments passed to tar binary (it expects that the argument name and value are separated with a space; however, separating them with an equals sign is also supported),

7.1 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

9.6%