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CVE-2022-0847

Exploited in the wild. In CISA KEV since 2022‑04‑25. A vendor fix is available.

CVSS 3.17.8HighEPSS percentile99th93% chance in 30 daysCISA KEVListedsince 2022-04-25, due 2022-05-16
Public exploit: 4 sourcesFixVendor fixNo build named by the sources

Published Updated Sources: CVE.org, NVD, BDU, CSAF

NVD CVE.org

What to do

The vendor has published a fix. Version details are below where the sources state them.

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What it is

From the CVE record

A flaw was found in the way the "flags" member of the new pipe buffer structure was lacking proper initialization in copy_page_to_iter_pipe and push_pipe functions in the Linux kernel and could thus contain stale values. An unprivileged local user could use this flaw to write to pages in the page cache backed by read only files and as such escalate their privileges on the system.

In plain language

No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.

Exploitation

Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.

EPSS99th
Public exploit
CISA KEV
CISA KEV

Listed as exploited in the wild since 2022-04-25.

US federal agencies must remediate by 2022-05-16.

Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Public exploits

4 sources with a proof of concept or module.

Exploit links, PoCs and Metasploit modules after sign-in
EPSS

93% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 99th percentile of scored CVEs.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.

Attention now

Sustained.

Lifecycle

The patch came 120 days before any public exploit.

  1. EPSS band changehigh → criticalepss band change
  2. OpenVAS check added
  3. Public exploit / PoCsource: packetstorm
  4. Patch availablerecord updated
  5. Added to CISA KEV
  6. Publishedweakness classified, att&ck mapped

Affected products

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Technical detail

CVSS 3.1 vector

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

Scored 7.8 by NVD.

How it is reached

  • Attack Vector LocalRequires local access to the vulnerable system (e.g. local login, malicious file)
  • Attack Complexity LowNo special conditions — the attack can be reliably reproduced
  • Privileges Required LowRequires basic user-level privileges
  • User Interaction NoneNo user interaction needed — fully automated exploitation

Scope

  • Scope UnchangedImpact is limited to the vulnerable component itself

Impact if exploited

  • Confidentiality HighTotal information disclosure — all data in the component is compromised
  • Integrity HighTotal loss of integrity — attacker can modify any data in the component
  • Availability HighTotal denial of service — the component is completely unavailable

Weaknesses

ATT&CK techniques

Mapped from the weaknesses above (CWE to ATT&CK), not observed in attacks.

Sources

References in the record

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