CVE-2017-20148 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00326.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:debian:logcheck:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Debian Subscribe	Logcheck Subscribe

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-11154	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugs.gentoo.org/630752
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-10

History

Thu, 29 May 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-732
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-09-20T17:01:31.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-29T13:30:40.522Z

Reserved: 2022-09-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-20148

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-05T21:45:26.186Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-20T18:15:09.993

Modified: 2025-05-29T14:15:27.133

Link: CVE-2017-20148

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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