Vulnerability in Zmanda Amanda
CVE-2022-37705
A privilege escalation flaw was found in Amanda 3.5.1 in which the backup user can acquire root privileges. The vulnerable component is the runtar SUID program, which is a wrapper to run /usr/bin/tar with specific arguments that are controllable by the attacker. This program mishandles the arguments passed to tar binary (it expects that the argument name and value are separated with a space; however, separating them with an equals sign is also supported),
EPSS: 0.012 (66.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Zmanda Amanda — versions 3.5.1
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (Product)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Patch)
- cve@mitre.org (Patch)
- cve@mitre.org (Patch)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-37705?
- CVE-2022-37705 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Zmanda Amanda, classified under Argument Injection. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2023-04-16.
- How severe is CVE-2022-37705?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-37705 known to be exploited?
- 7 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.