Description
GNU inetutils before 2.5 may allow privilege escalation because of unchecked return values of set*id() family functions in ftpd, rcp, rlogin, rsh, rshd, and uucpd. This is, for example, relevant if the setuid system call fails when a process is trying to drop privileges before letting an ordinary user control the activities of the process.
References (5)
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0005
EPSS Percentile
16.4%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-252
Status
published
Products (1)
gnu/inetutils
< 2.4
Published
Aug 14, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026