Description
The init script in the Gentoo app-admin/logstash-bin package before 5.5.3 and 5.6.x before 5.6.1 has "chown -R" calls for user-writable directory trees, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to a $LS_USER account for creation of a hard link.
Published: 2017-09-25
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-6227 The init script in the Gentoo app-admin/logstash-bin package before 5.5.3 and 5.6.x before 5.6.1 has "chown -R" calls for user-writable directory trees, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to a $LS_USER account for creation of a hard link.
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Gentoo Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T19:34:39.923Z

Reserved: 2017-09-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-14730

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-09-25T17:29:00.787

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-14730

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