CVE-2020-36657 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting uptimed before version 0.4.6-r1 on Gentoo. A local user with access to the uptimed account can gain root privileges by exploiting an unsafe chown -R call through the creation of a hard link in the /var/spool/uptimed directory. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), indicating a low attack complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.4.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:uptimed_project:uptimed:*:*:*:*:*:gentoo:*:* |
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
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