CVE-2017-20148

CRITICAL

9.8

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score9.8

SeverityCRITICAL

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published9/20/2022

Last Modified5/29/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

debian:logcheck

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-732

References

https://bugs.gentoo.org/630752(cve@mitre.org)

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-10(cve@mitre.org)

https://bugs.gentoo.org/630752(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-10(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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