CVE-2022-40297 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

UBports Ubuntu Touch 16.04 allows the screen-unlock passcode to be used for a privileged shell via Sudo. This passcode is only four digits, far below typical length/complexity for a user account's password. NOTE: a third party states "The described attack cannot be executed as demonstrated.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01943.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:ubports:ubuntu_touch:16.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Ubports Subscribe	Ubuntu Touch Subscribe

Tracking

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/filipkarc/PoC-ubuntutouch-pin-privesc

History

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-09-08T23:38:32.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T12:14:40.046Z

Reserved: 2022-09-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-40297

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T12:14:40.046Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-09T00:15:08.793

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:21:13.067

Link: CVE-2022-40297

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-269

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