CVE-2020-36657
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2020-36657 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2023-01-26 21:15:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2023-05-03 12:15:00 UTC |
| 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. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Uptimed Project | Uptimed | All | All | All | All |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| 630810 – (CVE-2020-36657) <app-misc/uptimed-0.4.6-r1: root privilege escalation via "chown -R" in pkg_postinst | MISC | bugs.gentoo.org | |
| uptimed: Root Privilege Escalation (GLSA 202305-14) — Gentoo security | GENTOO | security.gentoo.org | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
Legacy QID Mappings
- 710712 Gentoo Linux uptimed Root Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (GLSA 202305-14)