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 |
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https://bugs.gentoo.org/630810 | Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-14 |
History
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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
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2023-01-26T21:15:21.893
Modified: 2023-05-03T12:15:15.410
Link: CVE-2020-36657
JSON object: View
Redhat Information
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CWE