Name: CVE-2017-20148: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2022-09-20T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2017-20148, CWE-732, CVSS 9.8, EPSS 0.01142

In the ebuild package through logcheck-1.3.23.ebuild for Logcheck on Gentoo, it is possible to achieve root privilege escalation from the logcheck user because of insecure recursive chown calls.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 9.8
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Alpine Linux	—	Upgrade logcheck	Mar 21, 2024	Sep 20, 2022
Gentoo Linux	—	Upgrade app-admin/logcheck.	Sep 26, 2022	Sep 20, 2022

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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