Overview
- Description
- Cygwin before 2.5.0 does not properly handle updating permissions when changing users, which allows attackers to gain privileges.
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
- NVD status
- Modified
Risk scores
CVSS 3.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 9.8
- Impact score
- 5.9
- Exploitability score
- 3.9
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Severity
- CRITICAL
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 7.5
- Impact score
- 6.4
- Exploitability score
- 10
- Vector string
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-264
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Configurations
[
{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "F7AF3847-B0AC-45B8-89BD-ECEB581934DE",
"versionEndIncluding": "2.4.1-1"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]