CVE-2022-37706 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Enlightenment versions prior to 0.25.4. It allows local users to gain root privileges due to the setuid root enlightenment_sys binary mishandling pathnames starting with "/dev/..". This vulnerability has a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a significant impact with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. While not listed on the KEV catalog, public exploit code is available via Metasploit and ExploitDB, suggesting a higher likelihood of exploitation despite minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.25.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:enlightenment:enlightenment:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.