CVE-2022-1804 describes a vulnerability in Canonical's accountsservice where it fails to drop permissions when writing to .pam_environment, affecting Canonical Ubuntu Linux. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) has a local attack vector with low complexity, potentially leading to high availability impact for an authenticated user. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 22.07.5-2ubuntu1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:canonical:accountsservice:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
22.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
>= 0.6.55-3ubuntu1, < 22.07.5-2ubuntu1.3CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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