High severity · published Oct 16, 2024
CVE-2023-32190
mlocate's %post script allows RUN_UPDATEDB_AS user to make arbitrary files world readable
7.8
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 10% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OT
openSUSE Tumbleweed · SUSE
? before 0.26-37.1 · source: vendor, CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32190
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-32190
bugzilla.suse.com
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2023-32190
security-tracker.debian.org
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-32190
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