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ghsa-qj7p-fvh6-8gg6

Vulnerability from github

Published

2022-05-13 01:18

Modified

2022-05-13 01:18

Severity ?

7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

GNU screen before 4.5.1 allows local users to modify arbitrary files and consequently gain root privileges by leveraging improper checking of logfile permissions.

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CVE-2017-5618 (GCVE-0-2017-5618)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2017-03-20 16:00

Modified

2024-08-05 15:04

Severity ?

CWE

n/a

Summary

GNU screen before 4.5.1 allows local users to modify arbitrary files and consequently gain root privileges by leveraging improper checking of logfile permissions.

References

URL

Tags

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	http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?50142	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/29/3	mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
	http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/screen.git/patch/?id=1c6d2817926d30c9a7a97d99af7ac5de4a5845b8	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95873	vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
	https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/screen-devel/2017-01/msg00025.html	mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	n/a	n/a	Version: n/a

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