uptimed before 0.4.6-r1 on Gentoo allows local users (with access to the uptimed user account) to gain root privileges by creating a hard link within the /var/spool/uptimed directory, because there is an unsafe chown -R call.
References
Link Resource
https://bugs.gentoo.org/630810 Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-14
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-01-25T00:00:00

Updated: 2023-05-03T00:00:00

Reserved: 2023-01-25T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2020-36657

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-26T21:15:21.893

Modified: 2023-05-03T12:15:15.410


Link: CVE-2020-36657

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