Vulnerability in Fapolicyd Project

CVE-2022-1117

A vulnerability was found in fapolicyd. The vulnerability occurs due to an assumption on how glibc names the runtime linker, a build time regular expression may not correctly detect the runtime linker. The consequence is that the pattern detection for applications launched by the run time linker may fail to detect the pattern and allow execution.

EPSS: 0.003 (22.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-1117?
CVE-2022-1117 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fapolicyd Project, classified under Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties. CVSS score: 8.4/10. Published 2022-08-29.
How severe is CVE-2022-1117?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-1117 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.