Cloud Foundry Foundation cflinuxfs3 update for Git

Published: 2022-07-14

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2022-24765 CVE-2022-29187
CWE-ID	CWE-426 CWE-264
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software	cflinuxfs3 Other software / Other software solutions
Vendor	Cloud Foundry Foundation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Untrusted search path

EUVDB-ID: #VU62258

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 5.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-24765

CWE-ID: CWE-426 - Untrusted Search Path

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to application uses by default the C:\.git folder. A local user with ability to write files into the said directory can place a malicious file into it and execute it with elevated privileges.

Users of the Microsoft fork of Git are vulnerable simply by starting a Git Bash.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

cflinuxfs3: 0.0.0 - 0.309.0

CPE2.3

External links

https://github.com/cloudfoundry/cflinuxfs3/releases/tag/0.310.0

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

EUVDB-ID: #VU65287

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 1.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-29187

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls