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CVE-2022-37706

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2022-12-25
  • Fixed in0.25.4
  • WeaknessCWE-269

Am I affected?

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Description

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.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2022-12-2519:15CVE publishedNVD
  2. 2023-04-01Exploit-DB entryExploit-DB

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-03 21:37 UTC
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Versions per branch

NVD
Enlightenment
BranchAffectedFixed in
0.25< 0.25.40.25.4

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • e17Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
  • e17Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
  • e17Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
  • e17Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
  • e17Ubuntu:25.10all versions · no fixed version listed
  • e17Debian:14all versions · fixed in 0.25.4-1
  • e17Debian:13all versions · fixed in 0.25.4-1
  • e17Debian:12all versions · fixed in 0.25.4-1

5 more package ranges on OSV.dev

Vendor advisories

  • CVE-2022-37706 Red Hat Product Security

    enlightenment: elevate privileges to root.

Full record on NVD

Fix

  1. Update Enlightenment to 0.25.4

Advisories and patches

Detection

read 2026-11-02 22:42 UTC
Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
EDB-51180
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
8 repositories, unverifiedMaherAzzouzi/CVE-2022-37706-LPE-exploitECU-10525611-Xander/CVE-2022-37706junnythemarksman/CVE-2022-37706TACTICAL-HACK/CVE-2022-37706-SUIDsanan2004/CVE-2022-37706
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
1 moduleexploit/linux/local/ubuntu_enlightenment_mount_priv_escrank: greatModule metadata: Metasploit Framework, © Rapid7, Inc., BSD-3-Clause.
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2022-12-25
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-j268-37pf-rvx9

Frequently asked questions

What is 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 function mishandles pathnames that begin with a /dev/.. substring.

Is CVE-2022-37706 actively exploited?

A proof-of-concept exploit exists for CVE-2022-37706, but active exploitation has not been confirmed at this time.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-37706?

CVE-2022-37706 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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