CVE-2022-31253 HIGH

CVE-2022-31253: openldap2: /usr/lib/openldap/start allows ldap user/group to recursively chown arbitrary directory trees to itself

Vendor Opensuse
Product Factory
Weakness CWE-426
Published November 9, 2022
Last update May 1, 2025
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CVSS base score

7.1/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in openldap2 of openSUSE Factory allows local attackers with control of the ldap user or group to change ownership of arbitrary directory entries to this user/group, leading to escalation to root. This issue affects: openSUSE Factory openldap2 versions prior to 2.6.3-404.1.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 9, 2022 CVE published
May 1, 2025 Record updated