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CVE-2022-21946

suddoers configuration for cscreen not restrictive enough

MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS Score
Published: March 16, 2022 at 10:05 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:27 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorCscreenFactory

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Severity
MEDIUM5.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%

Description

A Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource vulnerability in the sudoers configuration in cscreen of openSUSE Factory allows any local users to gain the privileges of the tty and dialout groups and access and manipulate any running cscreen seesion. This issue affects: openSUSE Factory cscreen version 1.2-1.3 and prior versions.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Cscreen· openSUSE
95%
1.2 ≤ v ≤ 1.3
opensuse-factory (environment)
Factory· openSUSE
60%
cscreen ≤ v ≤ 1.2-1.3cscreen

Remediation

No guide yet

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Patch and advisory references

References (1)

ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1196451

CVSS

5.3MEDIUMsuse
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
LOW
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-732

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