{"id":"CVE-2022-23220","details":"USBView 2.1 before 2.2 allows some local users (e.g., ones logged in via SSH) to execute arbitrary code as root because certain Polkit settings (e.g., allow_any=yes) for pkexec disable the authentication requirement. Code execution can, for example, use the --gtk-module option. This affects Ubuntu, Debian, and Gentoo.","modified":"2026-08-12T03:51:36.729488478Z","published":"2022-01-21T00:00:00Z","related":["openSUSE-SU-2024:11774-1"],"database_specific":{"cna_assigner":"mitre","osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/23xxx/CVE-2022-23220.json"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/21/1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/23xxx/CVE-2022-23220.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23220"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-15"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5052"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/gregkh/usbview/commit/bf374fa4e5b9a756789dfd88efa93806a395463b"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/22/1"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/gregkh/usbview","events":[{"introduced":"e4a0a804b388058b844c8d1e06c24b1254c49a71"},{"fixed":"38e9dc56a437721f7a8b0ec1d2b4e611e090c87d"}],"database_specific":{"extracted_events":[{"introduced":"2.1"},{"fixed":"2.2"}],"source":"DESCRIPTION"}}],"versions":["v2.1"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-23220.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}