Description
RenderDoc before 1.27 allows local privilege escalation via a symlink attack. It relies on the /tmp/RenderDoc directory regardless of ownership.
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172804/RenderDoc-1.26-Local-Privilege-Escalation-Remote-Code-Execution.html
Product
https://renderdoc.org/
Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://www.qualys.com/2023/06/06/renderdoc/renderdoc.txt
Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jun/2
Third Party Advisory mailing-list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00023.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-10
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0089
EPSS Percentile
54.6%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-59
Status
published
Products (1)
renderdoc/renderdoc
< 1.27
Published
Jun 07, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026