# CVE-2023-47480: An issue in Pure Data 0.54-0 and fixed in 0.54-1 allows a local attacker to escalate privileges via the set\*id () function.

- Severity: CVSS 8.4 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-09-20 · Updated: 2024-09-25

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue in Pure Data 0.54-0 and fixed in 0.54-1 allows a local attacker to escalate privileges via the set*id () function.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://puredata.info/
- https://github.com/pure-data/pure-data/issues/2063
- https://github.com/pure-data/pure-data/commit/0b5e467b8728b3ed56e1a8ee5b367ce78e7e6e5d

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