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CVE-2022-31252: permissions: chkstat does not check for group-writable parent directories or target files in safeOpen()

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-10-06 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-863

Description

A Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in chkstat of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5; openSUSE Leap 15.3, openSUSE Leap 15.4, openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2 did not consider group writable path components, allowing local attackers with access to a group what can write to a location included in the path to a privileged binary to influence path resolution. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 permissions versions prior to 20170707. openSUSE Leap 15.3 permissions versions prior to 20200127. openSUSE Leap 15.4 permissions versions prior to 20201225. openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2 permissions versions prior to 20181225.

Affected products

• openSUSE Leap: 15.3, 15.4
• openSUSE Leap Micro: 5.2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: 12-sp5

References

• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1203018
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1203018

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