CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-72694

7.1 HIGH Published 2026-08-11 Modified 2026-10-30 Official page ↗
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
2026-08-11
Last modified
2026-10-30
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-59

Description

A flaw was found in MRTG. When the MRTG daemon is started as a root user and subsequently drops privileges, a local, low-privileged attacker can exploit a symbolic link (symlink) following vulnerability. By influencing or pre-placing a symlink in the process ID (PID) file path, the attacker can trick the root process into changing the ownership of an arbitrary existing file to the daemon user. This can lead to local privilege escalation, allowing unauthorized access to or modification of sensitive files.

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness

References