{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2022-23220", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "USBView 2.1 before 2.2 allows some local users (e.g., ones logged in via SSH) to execute arbitrary code as root because certain Polkit settings (e.g., allow_any=yes) for pkexec disable the authentication requirement. Code execution can, for example, use the --gtk-module option. This affects Ubuntu, Debian, and Gentoo." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "refsource": "MISC", "name": "https://github.com/gregkh/usbview/commit/bf374fa4e5b9a756789dfd88efa93806a395463b", "url": "https://github.com/gregkh/usbview/commit/bf374fa4e5b9a756789dfd88efa93806a395463b" }, { "refsource": "MISC", "name": "https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/21/1", "url": "https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/21/1" }, { "refsource": "DEBIAN", "name": "DSA-5052", "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5052" }, { "refsource": "MLIST", "name": "[oss-security] 20220122 Re: usbview polkit policy local root exploit (CVE-2022-23220)", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/22/1" }, { "refsource": "GENTOO", "name": "GLSA-202310-15", "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-15" } ] } }