VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2022-25643
seatd-launch in seatd 0.6.x before 0.6.4 allows removing files with escalated privileges when installed setuid root.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 2.11%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.11%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
seatd-launch in seatd 0.6.x before 0.6.4 allows removing files with escalated privileges when installed setuid root. The attack vector is a user-supplied socket pathname.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.11% probability · 81th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-668
- Affected
- seatd project/seatd
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/kennylevinsen/seatd/commit/10658dc5439db429af0088295a051c53925a4416
- https://github.com/kennylevinsen/seatd/commit/7cffe0797fdb17a9c08922339465b1b187394335
- https://github.com/kennylevinsen/seatd/compare/0.6.3...0.6.4Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/kennylevinsen/seatd/tagsThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.sr.ht/~kennylevinsen/seatd-announce/%3CETEO7R.QG8B1KGD531R1%40kl.wtf%3EThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-25643
- https://github.com/kennylevinsen/seatd/commit/10658dc5439db429af0088295a051c53925a4416
- https://github.com/kennylevinsen/seatd/commit/7cffe0797fdb17a9c08922339465b1b187394335
- https://github.com/kennylevinsen/seatd/compare/0.6.3...0.6.4Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/kennylevinsen/seatd/tagsThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.sr.ht/~kennylevinsen/seatd-announce/%3CETEO7R.QG8B1KGD531R1%40kl.wtf%3EThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-25643
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.