CVE-2022-31258 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Checkmk versions prior to 1.6.0p29, 2.0.0p25, and 2.1.0b10. A high-privileged site user can exploit this by manipulating OMD hook symlinks to achieve root access. With a CVSS score of 6.7 (Medium), this vulnerability has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requires local access and high privileges to exploit. There is currently no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:1.6.0:b1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:1.6.0:b10:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:1.6.0:b12:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:1.6.0:b3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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