CVE-2022-23220

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Function
Publication date:
21/01/2022
Last modified:
09/11/2023

Description

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.

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:usbview_project:usbview:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 2.2 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*