#VU111062 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in systemd - CVE-2025-4598
Published: June 11, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU111062
Vulnerability risk: 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:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-4598
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerable software:
systemd
systemd
Software vendor:
Freedesktop.org
Freedesktop.org
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.