CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-25031

7.8 HIGH Published 2020-08-31 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2020-08-31
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/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-59

Description

checkinstall 1.6.2, when used to create a package that contains a symlink, may trigger the creation of a mode 0777 executable file.

Affected configurations

• canonical checkinstall 1.6.2

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness

References