CVE-2022-31252

mediumpriority · track · 18OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.001 · 4 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.15% (4th) EPSS

CVSS 4.4 · medium

Is it mine?

8 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

4.4

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.14.4mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 2.5

v3.14.4mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.14.4mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Nsecondary · meissner@suse.deexploitability 1.8 · impact 2.5

v3.14.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-863US

affected products (8)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5permissions → 20170707enisa_euvdEU
openSUSE Leap 15.3permissions → 20200127enisa_euvdEU
openSUSE Leap 15.4permissions → 20201225enisa_euvdEU
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2permissions → 20181225enisa_euvdEU
opensuse leap= 15.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse leap= 15.4nvdUScpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse leap micro= 5.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap_micro:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux enterprise server= 12nvdUScpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2022-10-06modified 2026-06-17

references (7)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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