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CVE-2023-40303

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.39%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2023-08-14 · 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-2023-40303
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
0.39%

Original NVD Description

GNU inetutils before 2.5 may allow privilege escalation because of unchecked return values of set*id() family functions in ftpd, rcp, rlogin, rsh, rshd, and uucpd. This is, for example, relevant if the setuid system call fails when a process is trying to drop privileges before letting an ordinary user control the activities of the process.

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