CVE-2020-36770

CRITICAL EPSS 29.1%
Published Jan 15, 20242y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
9.8 CVSS 3.1
Critical
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Published Jan 15, 2024 2y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

pkg_postinst in the Gentoo ebuild for Slurm through 22.05.3 unnecessarily calls chown to assign root's ownership on files in the live root filesystem. This could be exploited by the slurm user to become the owner of root-owned files.

CVSS Details

Base Score
9.8
Exploitability
3.9
Impact
5.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity High
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
29.1% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
Public Exploit Known
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-732

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
gentooebuild_for_slurm* ≤22.05.3

References 1

Remediation