Is CVE-2022-37705 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-37705 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-37705?

CVE-2022-37705 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.7 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-37705?

CVE-2022-37705 has an EPSS score of 1.25% (66th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-37705?

Upgrade amanda on debian 11 to 1:3.5.1-7+deb11u1 or later. Fixes are available for 3 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-37705

MEDIUM

6.7

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A privilege escalation flaw was found in Amanda 3.5.1 in which the backup user can acquire root privileges. The vulnerable component is the runtar SUID program, which is a wrapper to run /usr/bin/tar with specific arguments that are controllable by the attacker. This program mishandles the arguments passed to tar binary (it expects that the argument name and value are separated with a space; however, separating them with an equals sign is also supported),

CWE-88

How to fix

Remediation Available

amandaDebian

Fixed in:1:3.5.1-7+deb11u1CVE-2022-37705

Fixed in:1:3.5.1-10CVE-2022-37705

amandaUbuntu

Fixed in:1:3.3.3-2ubuntu1.1+esm1USN-5966-1

Fixed in:1:3.3.6-4.1ubuntu0.1+esm1USN-5966-1

Fixed in:1:3.5.1-1ubuntu0.1USN-5966-1

Fixed in:1:3.5.1-1ubuntu0.3USN-5966-3

Fixed in:1:3.5.1-2ubuntu0.3USN-5966-3

Fixed in:1:3.5.1-2ubuntu0.1USN-5966-1

Fixed in:1:3.5.1-8ubuntu1.3USN-5966-3

Fixed in:1:3.5.1-8ubuntu1.1USN-5966-1

Fixed in:1:3.5.1-9ubuntu0.1USN-5966-1

Fixed in:1:3.5.1-9ubuntu0.3USN-5966-3

amanda-clientUbuntu

Fixed in:1:3.3.3-2ubuntu1.1USN-5966-1

Fixed in:1:3.3.6-4.1ubuntu0.1USN-5966-1

Fixed in:1:3.5.1-1ubuntu0.3USN-5966-3

Fixed in:1:3.5.1-1ubuntu0.1USN-5966-1

Fixed in:1:3.5.1-2ubuntu0.3USN-5966-3

Fixed in:1:3.5.1-2ubuntu0.1USN-5966-1

Fixed in:1:3.5.1-8ubuntu1.1USN-5966-1

Fixed in:1:3.5.1-8ubuntu1.3USN-5966-3

Fixed in:1:3.5.1-9ubuntu0.3USN-5966-3

Fixed in:1:3.5.1-9ubuntu0.1USN-5966-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredHigh

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.25%probability of exploitation in 30 days

66thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 66% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch3

Exploit1

github.com

Product1

amanda.org

Other references8

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CVE-2016-10033	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2022-36804	High	8.8	99%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2026-24061	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2007-0882	High	10.0	98%	-	-
CVE-2018-17456	Critical	9.8	97%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-19518	High	7.5	95%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-11-04.