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CVE-2022-4318

Cri-o: /etc/passwd tampering privesc

Severity Score

7.8
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

Track*
*SSVC
Descriptions

A vulnerability was found in cri-o. This issue allows the addition of arbitrary lines into /etc/passwd by use of a specially crafted environment variable.

Se encontró una vulnerabilidad en cri-o. Este problema permite la adición de líneas arbitrarias en /etc/passwd mediante el uso de una variable de entorno especialmente manipulada.

*Credits: Red Hat would like to thank Burt Holzman (Fermilab) for reporting this issue.
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:Track*
Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Tech. Impact
Total
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2022-12-06 CVE Reserved
  • 2023-04-05 CVE Published
  • 2023-09-27 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-08-03 CVE Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-538: Insertion of Sensitive Information into Externally-Accessible File or Directory
  • CWE-913: Improper Control of Dynamically-Managed Code Resources
CAPEC
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Redhat
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Openshift Container Platform For Arm64
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4.12
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Enterprise Linux
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8.0
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Redhat
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Openshift Container Platform For Linuxone
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4.12
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Enterprise Linux
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Redhat
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Openshift Container Platform For Power
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4.12
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Enterprise Linux
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Redhat
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Openshift Container Platform Ibm Z Systems
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4.12
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Redhat
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Openshift Container Platform For Arm64
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4.12
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4.12
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Redhat
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Openshift Container Platform For Power
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4.12
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Redhat
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Openshift Container Platform Ibm Z Systems
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4.12
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9.0
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Redhat
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Openshift Container Platform For Arm64
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4.11
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Enterprise Linux
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8.0
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Redhat
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Openshift Container Platform For Linuxone
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4.11
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Openshift Container Platform For Power
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Openshift Container Platform Ibm Z Systems
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Kubernetes
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Cri-o
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Extra Packages For Enterprise Linux
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Fedoraproject
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Fedora
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36
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Fedora
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37
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