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CVE-2017-20148

In the ebuild package through logcheck-1.3.23.ebuild for Logcheck on Gentoo, it is possible to achieve root privilege escalation from the lo

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  • Exploitation: poc
  • Automatable: yes
  • Technical impact: total

Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

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    Version range not reported

References 2

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