CVEvulnerability

CVE-2018-21269

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2020-10-27 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2020-10-27
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-59

Description

checkpath in OpenRC through 0.42.1 might allow local users to take ownership of arbitrary files because a non-terminal path component can be a symlink.

Affected configurations

• openrc project openrc (<= 0.42.1)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness

References