CVE-2022-37704: Zmanda Amanda

Medium severity, CVSS 6.7. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Amanda 3.5.1 allows privilege escalation from the regular user backup to root. The SUID binary located at /lib/amanda/rundump will execute /usr/sbin/dump as root with controlled arguments from the attacker which may lead to escalation of privileges, denial of service, and information disclosure.

Affected products

• Zmanda Amanda: version 3.5.1 only

Published 2023-04-16. Last modified 2026-06-17.