CVE-2020-36770
CVSS 3.1 Score 9.8 of 10 (high)
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Summary
The vulnerability with the CVE ID name CVE-2020-36770 affects the Gentoo ebuild for Slurm through version 22.05.3. It allows the slurm user to become the owner of root-owned files by exploiting the pkg_postinst function, which unnecessarily assigns root's ownership to files in the live root filesystem using chown. This vulnerability has a base severity rating of CRITICAL with a base score of 9.8 according to [email protected]. The exploitability score is 3.9, and it requires no privileges or user interaction. The attack vector is through the network, and it has a high impact on both integrity and confidentiality. The vulnerability poses a significant danger to organizations that use Slurm, as it can lead to unauthorized access and manipulation of critical system files by non-privileged users.
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