CVE-2020-25031 describes a vulnerability in checkinstall 1.6.2 where creating a package containing a symlink can inadvertently lead to the creation of an executable file with insecure 0777 permissions. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) has a local attack vector, low attack complexity, and can result in high impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:canonical:checkinstall:1.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.