CVE-2022-29799

Published Sep 21, 2022

Last updated 6 months ago

CVSS medium 5.5

Overview

Description: A vulnerability was found in networkd-dispatcher. This flaw exists because no functions are sanitized by the OperationalState or the AdministrativeState of networkd-dispatcher. This attack leads to a directory traversal to escape from the “/etc/networkd-dispatcher” base directory.
Source: patrick@puiterwijk.org
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 5.5
Impact score: 3.6
Exploitability score: 1.8
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Severity: MEDIUM

Weaknesses

patrick@puiterwijk.org: CWE-22
nvd@nist.gov: CWE-22

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_defender_for_endpoint:*:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "A955B248-F130-4B42-90CD-C26987C6BE90"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References

Sources include official advisories and independent security research.