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ubuntu-cve-2023-33865

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2023-06-07 20:15

Modified

2026-04-22 07:45

Summary

Details

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

Severity

7.8 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

7.8 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-33865	REPORT
	https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/…	REPORT
	https://github.com/baldurk/renderdoc/commit/601ed…	REPORT
	https://github.com/baldurk/renderdoc/commit/e0464…	REPORT
	https://github.com/baldurk/renderdoc/commit/1f72a…	REPORT
	https://github.com/baldurk/renderdoc/commit/203fc…	REPORT
	https://github.com/baldurk/renderdoc/commit/771aa…	REPORT
	https://www.qualys.com/2023/06/06/renderdoc/rende…	REPORT
	https://renderdoc.org/	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-33865	REPORT

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "renderdoc",
            "binary_version": "1.6+dfsg-1build2"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:20.04:LTS",
        "name": "renderdoc",
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      },
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        "1.6+dfsg-1build2"
      ]
    },
    {
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          {
            "binary_name": "librenderdoc",
            "binary_version": "1.18+dfsg-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "python3-renderdoc",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "qrenderdoc",
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          {
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  ],
  "aliases": [],
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  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2023-33865",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:45:21Z",
  "published": "2023-06-07T20:15:00Z",
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    },
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  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
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    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2023-33865"
  ]
}

CVE-2023-33865 (GCVE-0-2023-33865)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-06-07 00:00 – Updated: 2025-11-03 21:48

Summary

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

Severity

7.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

n/a
CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Assigner

mitre

References

7 references

URL	Tags
https://renderdoc.org/
https://www.qualys.com/2023/06/06/renderdoc/rende…
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jun/2	mailing-list
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172804/Rende…
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023…	mailing-list
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-10	vendor-advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024…

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Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2023-33865 (GCVE-0-2023-33865)

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