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CVE-2022-40284

Published: Nov 6, 2022Updated: May 2, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-120
7.8HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 73.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

A buffer overflow was discovered in NTFS-3G before 2022.10.3. Crafted metadata in an NTFS image can cause code execution. A local attacker can exploit this if the ntfs-3g binary is setuid root. A physically proximate attacker can exploit this if NTFS-3G software is configured to execute upon attachment of an external storage device.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-120

Affected Products

РЕД ОСООО «Ред Софт»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Astra Linux Special EditionООО «РусБИТех-Астра»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
ОС ТД АИС ФССП РоссииФССП России
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Альт 8 СПАО «ИВК»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
NTFS-3GTuxera Inc.
Library
Operating Systems / linux-distro
ооо «ред софт»commercialRUOperating Systemsaka red soft
ооо «русбитех-астра»commercialRUOperating Systemsaka rusbitech-astra
фссп россииRUOperating Systems
ао «ивк»commercialRUOperating Systemsaka ivk
tuxera inc.commercialFIOperating Systemsaka tuxera
and 5 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

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Attack Graph

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g/commit/18bfc676119a1188e8135287b8327b0760ba44a1
github.com
https://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g/commit/76c3a799a97fbcedeeeca57f598be508ae2a1656
github.com
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-40284
security-tracker.debian.org
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Timeline

Published
Nov 6, 2022
Last Updated
May 2, 2025

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