CVE-2022-1242

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6894-1

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track

*SSVC

Descriptions

Apport can be tricked into connecting to arbitrary sockets as the root user

Se puede engañar a Apport para que se conecte a sockets arbitrarios como usuario root

Muqing Liu and neoni discovered that Apport incorrectly handled detecting if an executable was replaced after a crash. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code as the root user. Gerrit Venema discovered that Apport incorrectly handled connections to Apport sockets inside containers. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to connect to arbitrary sockets as the root user.

*Credits: Gerrit Venema

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2022-04-05 CVE Reserved
2022-05-17 CVE Published
2025-03-27 CVE Updated
2025-05-21 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1242	Issue Tracking

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5427-1	2024-06-03

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Canonical Ltd. Search vendor "Canonical Ltd."		Apport Search vendor "Canonical Ltd." for product "Apport"				< 2.21.0 Search vendor "Canonical Ltd." for product "Apport" and version " < 2.21.0"		en		Affected