A vulnerability has been identified in the Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) package, stemming from the mixed privilege levels utilized by systemd services associated with PCP. While certain services operate within the confines of limited PCP user/group privileges, others are granted full root privileges. This disparity in privilege levels poses a risk when privileged root processes interact with directories or directory trees owned by unprivileged PCP users. Specifically, this vulnerability may lead to the compromise of PCP user isolation and facilitate local PCP-to-root exploits, particularly through symlink attacks. These vulnerabilities underscore the importance of maintaining robust privilege separation mechanisms within PCP to mitigate the potential for unauthorized privilege escalation.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2024-02-28T14:38:19.258Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T16:07:53.482Z

Reserved: 2023-12-18T11:14:14.230Z

Link: CVE-2023-6917

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T08:42:08.409Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-02-28T15:15:07.867

Modified: 2024-04-30T14:15:13.417

Link: CVE-2023-6917

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-02-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-6917 - Bugzilla