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CVE-2022-37706: enlightenment_sys in Enlightenment before 0.25.4 allows local users to gain privileges because it is setuid root, and the system library fun

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Plan (action score 40/100)

  • A ready-made attack module is public (Metasploit); exploiting it takes no special expertise.
  • Because a ready-made attack tool exists, priority is at least “Plan”.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 6% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 93.3% of all records.
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: e17 (Debian:10) 0.22.4-2+deb10u1; e17 (Debian:11) 0.24.2-8+deb11u1; e17 (Debian:12) 0.25.4-1.

Add it to your regular patch cycle. Upgrade to e17 (Debian:10) 0.22.4-2+deb10u1; e17 (Debian:11) 0.24.2-8+deb11u1; e17 (Debian:12) 0.25.4-1 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

enlightenment_sys in Enlightenment before 0.25.4 allows local users to gain privileges because it is setuid root, and the system library function mishandles pathnames that begin with a /dev/.. substring.

HighCVSS 7.8 · v3.1—Weaponized Fix available
Published
Dec 25, 2022
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
6.0% · 93th percentile

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Action score

40

Plan

Add it to your regular patch cycle.

CVSS
31 / 40 · 7.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
2 / 30 · 6.0%
Ready-made attack tool
7 / 40 · floor: at least 40

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
proof of concept
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total

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Affected systems

Is your version affected?

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VendorProduct
enlightenmentenlightenment

Affected versions

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

  • enlightenment enlightenmentbefore 0.25.4

Package-level exposure

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

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:10e17before 0.22.4-2+deb10u10.22.4-2+deb10u1
Debian:11e17before 0.24.2-8+deb11u10.24.2-8+deb11u1
Debian:12e17before 0.25.4-10.25.4-1
openSUSE:Leap 15.4enlightenmentbefore 0.25.4-bp154.4.3.10.25.4-bp154.4.3.1
SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP4enlightenmentbefore 0.25.4-bp154.4.3.10.25.4-bp154.4.3.1

Same product

enlightenment: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2014-1846Enlightenment before 0.17.6 might allow local users to gain privileges via vectors involving the gdb method.
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2014-1845An unspecified setuid root helper in Enlightenment before 0.17.6 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging failure to properly san
    31Monitor

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:e170.25.4-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:enlightenment0.25.4-bp154.4.3.1 · openSUSE:Leap 15.4Package registry (OSV)
suse:enlightenment0.25.4-bp154.4.3.1 · SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP4Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

Weaponized

A ready exploit tool or active in-the-wild use is known for this vulnerability. This should be your top priority.

Evidence

  • Metasploit module ×1
  • Exploit-DB entry ×1
  • Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub ×8

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Exploit-DB entrylocal2023-04-01
Metasploit moduleexploit/linux/local/ubuntu_enlightenment_mount_priv_escUbuntu Enlightenment Mount Priv Escexploit2022-09-13
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:3232022-09-12
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:22022-09-18
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:02024-06-03
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:02024-07-19
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:02024-08-18
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:12024-09-10
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:12024-12-10
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:02026-06-24

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

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-105 d
  2. Metasploit-104 d
  3. Published
  4. TodayOct 30, 2026+1405 d

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

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.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • 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
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-269 · Improper Privilege Management

CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Root cause

To simplify setup, a service account is granted broad, cluster-wide permissions. The principle of least privilege is skipped during installation.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-269 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

yaml
kind: ClusterRolerules:  - apiGroups: ["*"]    resources: ["*"]    verbs: ["*"]

Fixed

yaml
kind: Rolemetadata:  namespace: lodos-systemrules:  - apiGroups: ["apps"]    resources: ["deployments"]    verbs: ["get", "list", "update"]

Attack context

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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