CVE-2023-32190

mlocate's %post script allows RUN_UPDATEDB_AS user to make arbitrary files world readable

CVSS 8.5 HIGHEPSS 0.2%CWE-125

Vexday Risk Score

21Low

SSVC decision (CISA)

Track

No exploitation signal → monitor

CVSS 8.5EPSS 0.2%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —

Lifecycle

16 Oct 2024Published on NVD

Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.

mlocate's %post script allows RUN_UPDATEDB_AS user to make arbitrary files world readable by abusing insecure file operations that run with root privileges.

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected products

SUSE · openSUSE Tumbleweed

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References

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2023-32190