CVE-2023-33865 (GCVE-0-2023-33865)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-06-07 00:00 – Updated: 2025-11-03 21:48
VLAI
Summary
RenderDoc before 1.27 allows local privilege escalation via a symlink attack. It relies on the /tmp/RenderDoc directory regardless of ownership.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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