Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource Affecting below package, versions <0.9.0
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- published12 Mar 2025
- disclosed11 Mar 2025
- creditmgerstner
Introduced: 11 Mar 2025
CVE-2025-27591 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade below to version 0.9.0 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource due to the creation of a world-writable directory at /var/log/below. This misconfiguration allows local unprivileged users to perform symlink attacks, potentially manipulating critical system files such as /etc/shadow, leading to root privilege escalation.
Workaround
This vulnerability can be mitigated by changing the permission on /var/log/below manually