CVE-2022-40297

2022-09-0823:38:32

mitre

www.cve.org

ubports

ubuntu touch

privilege escalation

7.7 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0005 Low

EPSS

Percentile

17.8%

JSON

UBports Ubuntu Touch 16.04 allows the screen-unlock passcode to be used for a privileged shell via Sudo. This passcode is only four digits, far below typical length/complexity for a user account’s password. NOTE: a third party states "The described attack cannot be executed as demonstrated.

References

github.com/filipkarc/PoC-ubuntutouch-pin-privesc