CVE-2020-36657

High

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.

SeverityHigh

CVSS7.8

Exploit probability—

ProductUptimed

PublishedJan 26, 2023

First seenJan 26, 2023

Weakness typeCWE-59Improper link resolution

How to fix

Update

uptimed_project uptimed0.4.6 or later

Vendor advisories

security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-14

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
uptimed_project uptimed	v < 0.4.6	0.4.6

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