CVE-2020-10737

MEDIUM

oddjob <0.34.5-0.34.6 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A race condition was found in the mkhomedir tool shipped with the oddjob package in versions before 0.34.5 and 0.34.6 wherein, during the home creation, mkhomedir copies the /etc/skel directory into the newly created home and changes its ownership to the home's user without properly checking the homedir path. This flaw allows an attacker to leverage this issue by creating a symlink point to a target folder, which then has its ownership transferred to the new home directory's unprivileged user.

References (2)

Core 2

Scores

CVSS v3 6.3
EPSS 0.0011
EPSS Percentile 29.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-362
Status published
Products (1)
redhat/oddjob < 0.34.5
Published May 27, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026