Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in app-admin/logcheck - CVE-2017-20148

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Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in app-admin/logcheck - CVE-2017-20148

Published: September 26, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU67638
CSH Severity: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-20148
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
app-admin/logcheck
Software vendor:
Gentoo

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to insecure recursive chown calls in the ebuild package Logcheck on Gentoo. A local user can execute arbitrary code with root privileges.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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