CVE-2022-40673 is a critical authorization bypass vulnerability affecting KDiskMark versions prior to 3.1.0, specifically impacting Fedora and KDiskMark Project distributions. This flaw allows a local, low-privileged attacker to execute D-Bus methods like Helper::flushPageCache without proper authorization. Rated 7.8 HIGH on the CVSS scale, it carries a severe impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with low attack complexity. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 3.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:kdiskmark_project:kdiskmark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
36CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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