Description
A privilege escalation to root exists in Eternal Terminal prior to version 6.2.0. This is due to the combination of a race condition, buffer overflow, and logic bug all in PipeSocketHandler::listen().
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/MisterTea/EternalTerminal/commit/900348bb8bc96e1c7ba4888ac8480f643c43d3c3
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/metaredteam/external-disclosures/security/advisories/GHSA-hxg8-4r3q-p9rv
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0040
EPSS Percentile
60.5%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-362
CWE-120
Status
published
Products (1)
eternal_terminal_project/eternal_terminal
< 6.2.0
Published
Aug 16, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026