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
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*KEV
Decision
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*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
*Credits:
N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
* 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
- 2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
- 2024-08-04 CVE Updated
- 2024-08-04 First Exploit
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
- CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management
- CWE-271: Privilege Dropping / Lowering Errors
CAPEC
References (7)
| URL | Tag | Source |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/14/1 | 2024-08-04 | |
| https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1164472 | 2024-08-04 | |
| https://sourceforge.net/p/trousers/mailman/message/37015817 | 2024-08-04 |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2020/q2/att-135/tcsd_fixes.patch | 2023-11-07 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | ||||||
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| 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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| 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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