VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2022-24949
A privilege escalation to root exists in Eternal Terminal prior to version 6.2.0.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.03%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.03%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A privilege escalation to root exists in Eternal Terminal prior to version 6.2.0. This is due to the combination of a race condition, buffer overflow, and logic bug all in PipeSocketHandler::listen().
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.03% probability · 62th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-362, CWE-120
- Affected
- eternal terminal project/eternal terminal
- Source
- cve-assign@fb.com
References
- https://github.com/MisterTea/EternalTerminal/commit/900348bb8bc96e1c7ba4888ac8480f643c43d3c3Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/metaredteam/external-disclosures/security/advisories/GHSA-hxg8-4r3q-p9rvExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/MisterTea/EternalTerminal/commit/900348bb8bc96e1c7ba4888ac8480f643c43d3c3Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/metaredteam/external-disclosures/security/advisories/GHSA-hxg8-4r3q-p9rvExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.