CVE-2022-37703

In Amanda 3.5.1, an information leak vulnerability was found in the calcsize SUID binary. An attacker can abuse this vulnerability to know if a directory exists or not anywhere in the fs. The binary will use `opendir()` as root directly without checking the path, letting the attacker provide an arbitrary path.

Published: 2022-09-13 Last update: 2025-11-04 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2022-37703 is rated Moderate Risk (42.6/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.09%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-37703

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-05 2.27% 2.09% -0.17%
2 2026-04-29 2.23% 2.27% +0.04%
3 2026-02-20 — 2.23% —

Full EPSS history (28 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-37703

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.3 3.1 LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
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Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-37703

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-37703

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2022-37703 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (amanda), 4 status rows across 4 suites (bookworm, bullseye, sid, trixie): resolved 4. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-37703
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-37703
suse medium CVE-2022-37703 severity moderate: SUSE including 2 source package names (amanda-2.5.2.1-188.14.1, amanda-3.5.3-1.1), 2 product×package rows across 2 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-TERADATA, openSUSE Tumbleweed): Fixed 2. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-37703/
ubuntu low CVE-2022-37703 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (amanda), 8 status rows across 8 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, kinetic, lunar, trusty, upstream, xenial): released 6, ignored 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-37703

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-37703

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
amanda amanda 3.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:amanda:amanda:3.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-37703

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