Medium severity · published Mar 25, 2025
CVE-2022-1804
Accountsservice incorrectly drops privileges
5.5
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
accountsservice no longer drops permissions when writting .pam_environment
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 3% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Ubuntu
0.6.55-3ubuntu1 before 22.07.5-2ubuntu1.3 · source: vendor
AC
Accountsservice · Canonical
before 22.07.5-2ubuntu1.3 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
22.04 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1804
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1804
Issue Tracking
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/accountsservice/+bug/1974250
Vendor Advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5439-1
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