Vulnerability Intelligence Report
CVE-2023-40303
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.
No Active Exploit Signals
CVSS Base Score
7.8
HIGH
EPSS Probability:0.39%
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Affected Products & Versions
| Vendor | Product | Affected Versions |
|---|---|---|
| gnu | inetutils | all |
References & Technical Advisories
No reference links found.
Threat Intelligence Signals
EPSS Score
0.390%
GitHub Advisory
Identity & Timeline
| Status | PUBLISHED |
| Assigning Authority | MITRE Corporation · N/A · USA |
| Reserved | 2023-08-14T00:00:00 |
| Published | 2023-08-14T00:00:00 |
| Last Updated | 2024-08-02T18:31:53 |
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