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.
Published 2020-05-27 01:15:09
Updated 2022-12-03 02:26:34
Source Red Hat, Inc.
View at NVD,   CVE.org

Products affected by CVE-2020-10737

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-10737

0.04%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 10 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2020-10737

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
3.7
LOW AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
1.9
6.4
NIST
6.3
MEDIUM CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
0.3
5.9
Red Hat, Inc.
6.3
MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
0.3
5.9
NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2020-10737

References for CVE-2020-10737

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