CVE-2023-33865 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

RenderDoc before 1.27 allows local privilege escalation via a symlink attack. It relies on the /tmp/RenderDoc directory regardless of ownership.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

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 0.00026.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Renderdoc Subscribe	Renderdoc Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:renderdoc:renderdoc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-3501-1	renderdoc security update
Debian DLA	DLA-3987-1	renderdoc security update
EUVD	EUVD-2023-38015	RenderDoc before 1.27 allows local privilege escalation via a symlink attack. It relies on the /tmp/RenderDoc directory regardless of ownership.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172804/RenderDoc-1.26-Local-Privilege-Escalation-Remote-Code-Execution.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jun/2
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00023.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00008.html
https://renderdoc.org/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-10
https://www.qualys.com/2023/06/06/renderdoc/renderdoc.txt

History

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 22:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00008.html

Tue, 07 Jan 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-06-07T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-11-03T21:48:47.645Z

Reserved: 2023-05-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-33865

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-03T21:48:47.645Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-06-07T20:15:10.053

Modified: 2025-11-03T22:16:22.903

Link: CVE-2023-33865

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-59

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