CVE-2022-31253 - CVE House

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Status published High CVE-2022-31253

openldap2: /usr/lib/openldap/start allows ldap user/group to recursively chown arbitrary directory trees to itself

7.1 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

A Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in openldap2 of openSUSE Factory allows local attackers with control of the ldap user or group to change ownership of arbitrary directory entries to this user/group, leading to escalation to root. This issue affects: openSUSE Factory openldap2 versions prior to 2.6.3-404.1.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

Matthias Gerstner from SUSE

References

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1202931

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Affected Vendor

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Affected Software

Factory

Vulnerable Versions:

openldap2

Timeline

Official Publish: November 9th, 2022

Last Modified: May 1st, 2025

Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1574 Hijack Execution Flow

Privilege Escalation

T1036 Masquerading

Defense Evasion

T1543 Create or Modify System Process

T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter

T1569 System Services