CVE-2022-37704 (GCVE-0-2022-37704)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-04-16 00:00
Modified
2025-11-04 16:09
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- n/a
Summary
Amanda 3.5.1 allows privilege escalation from the regular user backup to root. The SUID binary located at /lib/amanda/rundump will execute /usr/sbin/dump as root with controlled arguments from the attacker which may lead to escalation of privileges, denial of service, and information disclosure.
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