Medium severity4.4NVD Advisory· Published Oct 6, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2022-31252
CVE-2022-31252
Description
A Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in chkstat of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5; openSUSE Leap 15.3, openSUSE Leap 15.4, openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2 did not consider group writable path components, allowing local attackers with access to a group what can write to a location included in the path to a privileged binary to influence path resolution. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 permissions versions prior to 20170707. openSUSE Leap 15.3 permissions versions prior to 20200127. openSUSE Leap 15.4 permissions versions prior to 20201225. openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2 permissions versions prior to 20181225.
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Affected products
21- osv-coords10 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/permissions&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/permissions&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/opensuse/permissions&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/suse/permissions&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/permissions&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.1pkg:rpm/suse/permissions&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.2pkg:rpm/opensuse/permissions&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%20Micro%205.2pkg:rpm/opensuse/permissions&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3pkg:rpm/suse/permissions&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/permissions&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5
< 1599_20220912-1.1+ 9 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1599_20220912-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 20201225-150400.5.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 20201225-150400.5.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 20181225-150200.23.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 20181225-150200.23.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 20181225-150200.23.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 20181225-150200.23.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 20181225-150200.23.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 20170707-6.10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 20170707-6.10.1
- openSUSE/openSUSE Leap 15.3v5Range: permissions
- openSUSE/openSUSE Leap 15.4v5Range: permissions
- Range: <20170707
<20181225+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <20181225
- (no CPE)range: permissions
permissions+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: permissions
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:12:sp5:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap_micro:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
1- bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
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