CVE-2020-10737
Se encontró una condición de carrera en la herramienta mkhomedir enviada con el paquete oddjob en versiones anteriores a 0.34.5 y 0.34.6 en la que, durante la creación del inicio, mkhomedir copia el directorio /etc/skel en el inicio recientemente creado y cambia su propiedad al usuario del inicio sin comprobar apropiadamente la ruta homedir. Este fallo permite a un atacante aprovechar este problema al crear un punto de enlace simbólico en una carpeta de destino, que luego ha transferido su propiedad al usuario no privilegiado del nuevo directorio de inicio.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 6.3
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.30%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 21
- Fecha de la puntuación: 10/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-362
- CWE-362
Referencias
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