CVE-2020-36657

Published Jan 26, 2023

Last updated 2 years ago

Overview

Description: 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.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.8
Impact score: 5.9
Exploitability score: 1.8
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: HIGH

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-noinfo

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:uptimed_project:uptimed:*:*:*:*:*:gentoo:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "60D0CF65-EC6C-4362-B0C5-D3ED30A6589B",
            "versionEndExcluding": "0.4.6"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References