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CVE-2022-37704

MEDIUM CVSS: 6.7 Published: 2023-04-16 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

Amanda 3.5.1 allows privilege escalation from the regular user backup to root. The SUID binary located at /lib/amanda/rundump will execute /usr/sbin/dump as root with controlled arguments from the attacker which may lead to escalation of privileges, denial of service, and information disclosure.

Affected Platforms

Zmanda Amanda

Weakness Type

CWE-77, CWE-77

References