CVE-2020-36657 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers with uptimed account access can gain root privileges via hard link attacks due to unsafe chown operations in uptimed.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-36657?
CVE-2020-36657 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 Jan 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-59
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-36657?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Uptimed Project Uptimed.
How do I fix CVE-2020-36657?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-36657 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-36657 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2020-36657 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h9jm-ppr9-845g, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-36657.