CVE-2017-20148

Published Sep 20, 2022

Last updated 5 months ago

CVSS critical 9.8

Overview

Description: In the ebuild package through logcheck-1.3.23.ebuild for Logcheck on Gentoo, it is possible to achieve root privilege escalation from the logcheck user because of insecure recursive chown calls.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 9.8
Impact score: 5.9
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: CRITICAL

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-noinfo

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:debian:logcheck:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "F2429DDD-9F97-40F7-AE78-DB3CD333BCC0",
            "versionEndIncluding": "1.3.23"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References