# CVE-2025-23395: Local root exploit via \`logfile\_reopen()\` in screen 5.0.0 with setuid-root bit set

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-05-26 · Updated: 2025-05-27

## Affected

- screen: from 5.0, through 5.0.0

## Description

Screen 5.0.0 when it runs with setuid-root privileges does not drop privileges while operating on a user supplied path. This allows unprivileged users to create files in arbitrary locations with `root` ownership, the invoking user's (real) group ownership and file mode 0644. All data written to the Screen PTY will be logged into this file, allowing to escalate to root privileges

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## Related

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## References

- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2025-23395
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/12/1

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