Overview
- Description
- In GNU Coreutils through 8.29, chown-core.c in chown and chgrp does not prevent replacement of a plain file with a symlink during use of the POSIX "-R -L" options, which allows local users to modify the ownership of arbitrary files by leveraging a race condition.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Risk scores
CVSS 3.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 4.7
- Impact score
- 3.6
- Exploitability score
- 1
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Severity
- MEDIUM
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 1.9
- Impact score
- 2.9
- Exploitability score
- 3.4
- Vector string
- AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-362
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Configurations
[
{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "219E71D0-3876-4C58-862F-F3565DA44179",
"versionEndIncluding": "8.29"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]