CVE-2018-21269

MEDIUM

OpenRC < 0.42.1 - Local Privilege Escalation via Symlink Attack in checkpath

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/OpenRC/openrc/issues/201

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0038
EPSS Percentile 30.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-59
Status published
Products (1)
openrc_project/openrc < 0.42.1
Published Oct 27, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026