Vigil@nce - tmpreaper: privilege escalation via Race Condition
March 2019 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/offer/Computer-vulnerability-database-and-alert
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Debian.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: administrator access/rights, privileged
access/rights.
Provenance: user shell.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 11/01/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can bypass restrictions via Race Condition of
tmpreaper, in order to escalate his privileges.
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https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/tmpreaper-privilege-escalation-via-Race-Condition-28240