CVE-2025-46802 (GCVE-0-2025-46802)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-26 15:10 – Updated: 2025-05-27 14:11
VLAI?
Title
Temporary chown() of users' TTY to mode 0666 allows PTY hijacking in screen
Summary
For a short time they PTY is set to mode 666, allowing any user on the system to connect to the screen session.
Severity ?
6 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE
  • CWE-732 - Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 Affected: ? , < 4.6.2-150000.5.8.1 (custom)
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Date Public ?
2024-05-12 15:24
Credits
Matthias Gerstner, SUSE
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