CVE-2023-40303

{"id": "CVE-2023-40303", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"type": "Primary", "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "cvssData": {"scope": "UNCHANGED", "version": "3.1", "baseScore": 7.8, "attackVector": "LOCAL", "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "integrityImpact": "HIGH", "userInteraction": "NONE", "attackComplexity": "LOW", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH"}, "impactScore": 5.9, "exploitabilityScore": 1.8}]}, "published": "2023-08-14T05:15:10.233", "references": [{"url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/30/4", "source": "cve@mitre.org"}, {"url": "https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/inetutils/", "tags": ["Product"], "source": "cve@mitre.org"}, {"url": "https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/inetutils.git/commit/?id=e4e65c03f4c11292a3e40ef72ca3f194c8bffdd6", "tags": ["Patch"], "source": "cve@mitre.org"}, {"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00013.html", "source": "cve@mitre.org"}, {"url": "https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-inetutils/2023-07/msg00000.html", "tags": ["Exploit", "Mailing List", "Patch", "Vendor Advisory"], "source": "cve@mitre.org"}], "vulnStatus": "Modified", "weaknesses": [{"type": "Primary", "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-252"}]}], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "GNU inetutils before 2.5 may allow privilege escalation because of unchecked return values of set*id() family functions in ftpd, rcp, rlogin, rsh, rshd, and uucpd. This is, for example, relevant if the setuid system call fails when a process is trying to drop privileges before letting an ordinary user control the activities of the process."}], "lastModified": "2024-01-02T01:15:07.857", "configurations": [{"nodes": [{"negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:inetutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "7262D919-99CB-4C30-94B8-F0D1AD4A628F", "versionEndIncluding": "2.4"}], "operator": "OR"}]}], "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org"}