CVE-2022-31256 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Severity

78%

Complexity

18%

Confidentiality

98%

A Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') vulnerability in a script called by the sendmail systemd service of openSUSE Factory allows local attackers to escalate from user mail to root. This issue affects: SUSE openSUSE Factory sendmail versions prior to 8.17.1-1.1.

CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.8. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Overview

First reported 2 years ago

2022-10-26 09:15:00

Last updated 2 years ago

2022-10-28 17:49:00

Affected Software

openSUSE Factory

References

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1204696

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1204696

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