VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2025-23395
CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.30%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2025-05-26
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
Screen 5.0.0 when it runs with setuid-root privileges does not drop privileges while operating on a user supplied path. This allows unprivileged users to create files in arbitrary locations with `root` ownership, the invoking user's (real) group ownership and file mode 0644. All data written to the Screen PTY will be logged into this file, allowing to escalate to root privileges
Weakness classification
- meissner@suse.de: CWE-271