CVE-2022-21944

Summary

A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the systemd service file for watchman of openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP3, Factory allows local attackers to escalate to root. This issue affects: openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP3 watchman versions prior to 4.9.0. openSUSE Factory watchman versions prior to 4.9.0-9.1.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
openSUSEopenSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP3watchman < 4.9.0affected
openSUSEFactorywatchman < 4.9.0-9.1affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-59: CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

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