CVE-2023-46277 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting the 'please' (aka pleaser) utility up to version 0.5.4. It allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges by exploiting the TIOCSTI and/or TIOCLINUX ioctl, provided these are not disabled. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local user privileges, but can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.5.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:edneville:please:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:* |
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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