{"id":"CVE-2022-37706","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2022-37706","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:45:44.938Z","title":"enlightenment_sys in Enlightenment before 0.25.4 allows local users to gain privileges because it is setuid root, and the system library function mishandles pathnames that begin with a /dev/.. substring.","description":"enlightenment_sys in Enlightenment before 0.25.4 allows local users to gain privileges because it is setuid root, and the system library function mishandles pathnames that begin with a /dev/.. substring.","published":"2022-12-25T19:15:10.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T04:55:11.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-269"],"affected":["enlightenment/enlightenment"],"epss":{"score":0.06006,"percentile":0.93279,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2023-04-01","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":51180,"kind":"exploit","title":"Enlightenment v0.25.3 - Privilege escalation","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51180","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/local/51180.txt","file":"exploits/linux/local/51180.txt","published":"2023-04-01","added":"2023-04-01","updated":"2023-04-01","author":"nu11secur1ty","type":"local","platform":"linux","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2022-37706"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 6.0%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.enlightenment.org/enlightenment/enlightenment/commit/cae78cbb169f237862faef123e4abaf63a1f5064","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://git.enlightenment.org/enlightenment/enlightenment/commit/cc7faeccf77fef8b0ae70e312a21e4cde087e141","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/MaherAzzouzi/CVE-2022-37706-LPE-exploit","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://git.enlightenment.org/enlightenment/enlightenment/commit/cae78cbb169f237862faef123e4abaf63a1f5064","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://git.enlightenment.org/enlightenment/enlightenment/commit/cc7faeccf77fef8b0ae70e312a21e4cde087e141","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/MaherAzzouzi/CVE-2022-37706-LPE-exploit","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-37706","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}