scponlyc in scponly 4.1 and earlier, when the operating system supports LD_PRELOAD mechanisms, allows local users to execute arbitrary…

Description

scponlyc in scponly 4.1 and earlier, when the operating system supports LD_PRELOAD mechanisms, allows local users to execute arbitrary code with root privileges by creating a chroot directory in their home directory, hard linking to a system setuid application, and using a modified LD_PRELOAD to modify expected function calls in the setuid application.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.43% · top 62% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (8)

• 18223 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 16051 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 18236 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• DSA-969 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 18829 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://sublimation.org/scponly/#relnotes (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• GLSA-200512-17 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• scponly-scponlyc-privilege-escalation(23874) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 23:46 UTC.