CVE-2022-29799

Description

A vulnerability was found in networkd-dispatcher. This flaw exists because no functions are sanitized by the OperationalState or the AdministrativeState of networkd-dispatcher. This attack leads to a directory traversal to escape from the “/etc/networkd-dispatcher” base directory.

References

https://www.tenable.com/cyber-exposure/tenable-2022-threat-landscape-report

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2022/04/26/microsoft-finds-new-elevation-of-privilege-linux-vulnerability-nimbuspwn/

https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2022/04/26/microsoft-finds-new-elevation-of-privilege-linux-vulnerability-nimbuspwn/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3