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CVE-2020-36657

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.41%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2023-01-26 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2020-36657
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
0.41%

Original NVD Description

uptimed before 0.4.6-r1 on Gentoo allows local users (with access to the uptimed user account) to gain root privileges by creating a hard link within the /var/spool/uptimed directory, because there is an unsafe chown -R call.