Freedom of the Press SecureDrop gpg-agent.conf symlink

CVSS Meta Temp Score
CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.
Current Exploit Price (≈)
Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.
CTI Interest Score
Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
7.5$0-$5k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Freedom of the Press SecureDrop. This impacts an unknown function of the file gpg-agent.conf. Such manipulation leads to symlink. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-4563. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Freedom of the Press SecureDrop (affected version unknown). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the file gpg-agent.conf. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a symlink vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-61. The product, when opening a file or directory, does not sufficiently account for when the file is a symbolic link that resolves to a target outside of the intended control sphere. This could allow an attacker to cause the product to operate on unauthorized files. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 12/16/2022 as 6704. The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-4563. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

Applying the patch b0526a06f8ca713cce74b63e00d3730618d89691 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com.

Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

Name

License

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.5

VulDB Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Temp Score: 7.5
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AVACAuCIA
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
VectorComplexityAuthenticationConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Symlink
CWE: CWE-61 / CWE-59
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-DayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
TodayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Patch: b0526a06f8ca713cce74b63e00d3730618d89691

Timelineinfo

12/16/2022 🔍
12/16/2022 +0 days 🔍
12/16/2022 +0 days 🔍
01/13/2023 +28 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 6704
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-4563 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-4563
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-215972

Entryinfo

Created: 12/16/2022 17:55
Updated: 01/13/2023 14:19
Changes: 12/16/2022 17:55 (40), 01/13/2023 14:19 (2)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Discussion

No comments yet. Languages: en.

Please log in to comment.

◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸

Do you want to use VulDB in your project?

Use the official API to access entries easily!