CVE-2022-37704

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.

Published: 2023-04-16 Last update: 2025-11-04 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
View at NVD, CVE.org, EUVD

CVE-2022-37704 is rated Low Risk (37/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.11%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-37704

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 2025-11-21 0.17% 0.11% -0.06%
2 2025-11-18 0.08% 0.17% +0.09%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.08% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-37704

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.7 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 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:H)
They need powerful rights—admin, root, or similar—before this pays off.
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:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 0.8 5.9 [email protected]
6.7 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 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:H)
They need powerful rights—admin, root, or similar—before this pays off.
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:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 0.8 5.9 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-37704

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-37704

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2022-37704 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-2022-37704
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-37704
suse high CVE-2022-37704 severity important: SUSE including 3 source package names (amanda-2.5.2.1-188.11.1, amanda-3.5.1-bp154.3.3.1, amanda-3.5.3-1.1), 4 product×package rows across 4 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-TERADATA, SUSE Package Hub 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4, openSUSE Tumbleweed): Fixed 4. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-37704/
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-37704 medium 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-2022-37704

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-37704

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

References for CVE-2022-37704

URL Tags
http://www.amanda.org/ Product
https://github.com/MaherAzzouzi/CVE-2022-37704 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/zmanda/amanda/issues/192
https://github.com/zmanda/amanda/pull/197 Patch
https://github.com/zmanda/amanda/pull/205 Patch
https://github.com/zmanda/amanda/releases/tag/tag-community-3.5.3
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00025.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A5DCLSX5YYTWMKSMDL67M5STZ5ZDSOXK/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ATMGMVS3QDN6OMKMHGUTUTU7NS7HR3BZ/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JYREA6LFXF5M7K4WLNJV5VNQPS4MTBW2/
https://marc.info/?l=amanda-hackers
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00023.html
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