// For flags

CVE-2020-24330

trousers: fails to drop the root gid privilege when no longer needed

Severity Score

7.8
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

3
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

An issue was discovered in TrouSerS through 0.3.14. If the tcsd daemon is started with root privileges instead of by the tss user, it fails to drop the root gid privilege when no longer needed.

Se detectó un problema en TrouSerS versiones hasta 0.3.14. Si el demonio tcsd es iniciado con privilegios root en lugar de hacerlo por el usuario tss, se produce un fallo al no poder eliminar el privilegio de root gid cuando ya no es necesario

Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.2.4 images Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes provides the capabilities to address common challenges that administrators and site reliability engineers face as they work across a range of public and private cloud environments. Clusters and applications are all visible and managed from a single console—with security policy built in. This advisory contains the container images for Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes, which fix several bugs and security issues. Issues addressed include denial of service and integer overflow vulnerabilities.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2020-08-13 CVE Reserved
  • 2020-08-13 CVE Published
  • 2024-08-04 CVE Updated
  • 2024-08-04 First Exploit
  • 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
  • CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management
  • CWE-271: Privilege Dropping / Lowering Errors
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Trousers Project
Search vendor "Trousers Project"
 Trousers
Search vendor "Trousers Project" for product "Trousers"
 <= 0.3.14
Search vendor "Trousers Project" for product "Trousers" and version " <= 0.3.14"
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Affected
Fedoraproject
Search vendor "Fedoraproject"
 Fedora
Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"
 33
Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "33"
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Affected