CVE-2022-23220 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability in USBView 2.1 and earlier, affecting Ubuntu, Debian, and Gentoo. It allows local users, including those logged in via SSH, to execute arbitrary code as root due to misconfigured Polkit settings that disable authentication for pkexec. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local access, but can lead to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:usbview_project:usbview:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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