CVE-2020-10737 MEDIUM

CVE-2020-10737

Vendor Red Hat
Product oddjob
Weakness CWE-362
Published May 27, 2020
Last update August 4, 2024

CVSS base score

6.3/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required High
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A race condition was found in the mkhomedir tool shipped with the oddjob package in versions before 0.34.5 and 0.34.6 wherein, during the home creation, mkhomedir copies the /etc/skel directory into the newly created home and changes its ownership to the home's user without properly checking the homedir path. This flaw allows an attacker to leverage this issue by creating a symlink point to a target folder, which then has its ownership transferred to the new home directory's unprivileged user.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 27, 2020 CVE published
August 4, 2024 Record updated