CVE-2017-20148

CRITICAL

Logcheck <1.3.23 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the ebuild package through logcheck-1.3.23.ebuild for Logcheck on Gentoo, it is possible to achieve root privilege escalation from the logcheck user because of insecure recursive chown calls.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.gentoo.org/630752
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-10

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0033
EPSS Percentile 55.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable yes
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-732
Status published
Products (1)
debian/logcheck < 1.3.23
Published Sep 20, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026