CVE-2022-4563

A vulnerability was found in Freedom of the Press SecureDrop. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file gpg-agent.conf. The manipulation leads to symlink following. Local access is required to approach this attack. The name of the patch is b0526a06f8ca713cce74b63e00d3730618d89691. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-215972.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/commit/b0526a06f8ca713cce74b63e00d3730618d89691	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/compare/2.5.0...2.5.1
https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/pull/6704	Third Party Advisory
https://securedrop.org/news/2_5_1-security-advisory/
https://vuldb.com/?id.215972	Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/commit/b0526a06f8ca713cce74b63e00d3730618d89691	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/compare/2.5.0...2.5.1
https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/pull/6704	Third Party Advisory
https://securedrop.org/news/2_5_1-security-advisory/
https://vuldb.com/?id.215972	Permissions Required Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:freedom:securedrop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2022-12-16 17:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 07:35

NVD link : CVE-2022-4563

Mitre link : CVE-2022-4563

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-4563

JSON object : View

Products Affected

freedom

securedrop

CWE

CWE-59

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

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