CVE-2022-25326 is a vulnerability in Google Fscrypt
Published on February 25, 2022
Denial of Service in fscrypt
fscrypt through v0.3.2 creates a world-writable directory by default when setting up a filesystem, allowing unprivileged users to exhaust filesystem space. We recommend upgrading to fscrypt 0.3.3 or above and adjusting the permissions on existing fscrypt metadata directories where applicable.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2022-25326 is exploitable with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a high impact on availability.
Weakness Type
What is a Resource Exhaustion Vulnerability?
The software does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.
CVE-2022-25326 has been classified to as a Resource Exhaustion vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2022-25326
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Affected Versions
Google LLC fscrypt:- Version unspecified, <= 0.3.2 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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