CVE-2022-1804

Accountsservice incorrectly drops privileges

Published Mar 25, 2025 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
accountsservice no longer drops permissions when writting .pam_environment

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-25083 accountsservice no longer drops permissions when writting .pam_environment
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5439-1 AccountsService vulnerability
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Canonical
Canonical accountsservice
Canonical ubuntu Linux
Weaknesses NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:canonical:accountsservice:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Canonical
Canonical accountsservice
Canonical ubuntu Linux
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description accountsservice no longer drops permissions when writting .pam_environment
Title Accountsservice incorrectly drops privileges
Weaknesses CWE-269
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
canonical
Published
Updated
Mar 25, 2025, 12:58 PM
Reserved
May 19, 2022, 11:57 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Mar 25, 2025, 1:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:23 AM