CVE-2020-24332
Estado: ModificadaMedia (5.5)—
An issue was discovered in TrouSerS through 0.3.14. If the tcsd daemon is started with root privileges, the creation of the system.data file is prone to symlink attacks. The tss user can be used to create or corrupt existing files, which could possibly lead to a DoS attack.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Puntuación base: 5.5
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.55%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 44
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
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 (2)
CWE
- CWE-59
Referencias
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/14/1
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1164472
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SSDL7COIFCZQMUBNAASNMKMX7W5JUHRD/
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2020/q2/att-135/tcsd_fixes.patch
- https://sourceforge.net/p/trousers/mailman/message/37015817/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/14/1
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1164472
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SSDL7COIFCZQMUBNAASNMKMX7W5JUHRD/
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2020/q2/att-135/tcsd_fixes.patch
- https://sourceforge.net/p/trousers/mailman/message/37015817/
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