CVE-2020-36657

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…

High · published January 25, 2023

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
34.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00410 · 34.1th percentile
Published
2023-01-25T00:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 25 JAN 00:00Z
    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…
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