EIP-2026-102863
PRE-CVEGNU Screen 4.5.0 - Local Privilege Escalation (PoC)
Title source: legacyExploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for EIP-2026-102863. PoCs published by Donald Buczek.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages a privilege escalation vulnerability in GNU Screen (CVE-2026-102861) where the logfile permissions check is performed with root privileges, allowing an unprivileged user to create or truncate files as root. The PoC demonstrates creating a root-owned file in /etc with arbitrary content.
Description
GNU Screen 4.5.0 - Local Privilege Escalation (PoC)
Exploits (1)
This exploit leverages a privilege escalation vulnerability in GNU Screen (CVE-2026-102861) where the logfile permissions check is performed with root privileges, allowing an unprivileged user to create or truncate files as root. The PoC demonstrates creating a root-owned file in /etc with arbitrary content.