CVE-2023-40303 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in GNU inetutils before version 2.5, affecting components like ftpd, rcp, and rshd. It arises from unchecked return values of set*id() functions, which can lead to a process failing to drop privileges before handling user input. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code available, and minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:inetutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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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.