uptimed before 0.4.6-r1 on Gentoo allows local users (with access to the uptimed user account) to gain root privileges by creating a hard link within the /var/spool/uptimed directory, because there is an unsafe chown -R call.
History

No history.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-01-25T00:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-04T17:30:08.584Z

Reserved: 2023-01-25T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-36657

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-26T21:15:21.893

Modified: 2023-05-03T12:15:15.410

Link: CVE-2020-36657

cve-icon Redhat

No data.