CVE-2017-20148

critical

Description

In the ebuild package through logcheck-1.3.23.ebuild for Logcheck on Gentoo, it is possible to achieve root privilege escalation from the logcheck user because of insecure recursive chown calls.

References

https://github.com/Live-Hack-CVE/CVE-2017-20148

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-10

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2017-11154

https://bugs.gentoo.org/630752

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2022-09-20

Updated: 2025-05-29

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H