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CVE-2022-37704: Amanda 3.5.1 allows privilege escalation from the regular user backup to root.

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 26/100)

  • Public proof-of-concept code exists (GitHub); there is no record of exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.53% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. Administrator privileges are required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: amanda (Debian:10) 1:3.5.1-2+deb10u1; amanda (Debian:11) 1:3.5.1-7+deb11u1; amanda (Debian:12) 1:3.5.1-10.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to amanda (Debian:10) 1:3.5.1-2+deb10u1; amanda (Debian:11) 1:3.5.1-7+deb11u1; amanda (Debian:12) 1:3.5.1-10 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

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.

MediumCVSS 6.7 · v3.1—Proof of concept Fix available
Published
Apr 15, 2023
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.5% · 44th percentile

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Action score

26

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
26 / 40 · 6.7 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.5%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total

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Affected systems

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zmandaamanda

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • zmanda amanda3.5.1

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:10amandabefore 1:3.5.1-2+deb10u11:3.5.1-2+deb10u1
Debian:11amandabefore 1:3.5.1-7+deb11u11:3.5.1-7+deb11u1
Debian:12amandabefore 1:3.5.1-101:3.5.1-10
openSUSE:Leap 15.4amandabefore 3.5.1-bp154.3.3.13.5.1-bp154.3.3.1
openSUSE:Tumbleweedamandabefore 3.5.3-1.13.5.3-1.1
SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP4amandabefore 3.5.1-bp154.3.3.13.5.1-bp154.3.3.1

Same product

zmanda: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2019-19469In Zmanda Management Console 3.3.9, ZMC_Admin_Advanced?form=adminTasks&action=Apply&command= allows CSRF, as demonstrated by command injecti
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2023-30577AMANDA (Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver) before tag-community-3.5.4 mishandles argument checking for runtar.c, a different
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2016-10730An issue was discovered in Amanda 3.3.1.
    31Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2016-10729Oct 24, 2018 · An issue was discovered in Amanda 3.3.1.
    31Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2022-37705Apr 15, 2023 · A privilege escalation flaw was found in Amanda 3.5.1 in which the backup user can acquire root privileges.
    26Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
debian:amanda1:3.5.1-10 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:amanda3.5.1-bp154.3.3.1 · openSUSE:Leap 15.4Package registry (OSV)
suse:amanda3.5.1-bp154.3.3.1 · SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP4Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

Proof of concept available

A public proof of concept or detection signature exists. Exploit knowledge is out there; don't delay patching.

Evidence

  • Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub ×1

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:42022-10-23

Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

  1. First PoC-175 d
  2. Published
  3. TodayOct 29, 2026+1293 d
EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • Administrator privileges are required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-77 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')

CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Attack context

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ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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