CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-5618
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-03-20
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-863
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• gnu screen (<= 4.5.0)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization weakness
References
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/screen.git/patch/?id=1c6d2817926d30c9a7a97d99af7ac5de4a5845b8 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/screen.git/tree/src/ChangeLog?h=v.4.5.1 Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?50142 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/29/3 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95873 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/screen-devel/2017-01/msg00025.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/screen.git/patch/?id=1c6d2817926d30c9a7a97d99af7ac5de4a5845b8 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/screen.git/tree/src/ChangeLog?h=v.4.5.1 Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?50142 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/29/3 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95873 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/screen-devel/2017-01/msg00025.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory