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ID:11555 - Exploit for Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in systemd - CVE-2025-4598
ID:11555 - Exploit for Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in systemd - CVE-2025-4598
Published: June 11, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU111062
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-4598
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Vulnerable software:
systemd
systemd
Link to public exploit:
Vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists in systemd-coredump when handling process crashes. A local user who can force a SUID process to crash can replace it with a non-SUID binary to access the original's privileged process coredump and read sensitive data, such as /etc/shadow content, loaded by the original process.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.