A flaw was found in Screen. When running with setuid-root privileged, the logfile_reopen() function does not drop privileges while operating on a user-supplied path. This vulnerability allows an unprivileged user to create files in arbitrary locations with root ownership.
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Wed, 14 May 2025 02:30:00 +0000
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Description | A flaw was found in Screen. When running with setuid-root privileged, the logfile_reopen() function does not drop privileges while operating on a user-supplied path. This vulnerability allows an unprivileged user to create files in arbitrary locations with root ownership. | |
Title | screen: Local Root Exploit via `logfile_reopen()` | |
Weaknesses | CWE-250 | |
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