SB2023090555 - Privilege escalation in Mozilla sccache
Published: September 5, 2023
Security Bulletin ID
SB2023090555
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Code Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-1521)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to the way the server handles compile request. A local user can execute arbitrary code with the privileges of a local sccache server by preloading the code in a shared library passed to LD_PRELOAD.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.