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CVE-2025-27591 (GCVE-0-2025-27591)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-03-11 18:29 – Updated: 2025-03-21 20:38
VLAI
Summary
A privilege escalation vulnerability existed in the Below service prior to v0.9.0 due to the creation of a world-writable directory at /var/log/below. This could have allowed local unprivileged users to escalate to root privileges through symlink attacks that manipulate files such as /etc/shadow.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-03-21 20:37 UTC
CWE
  • Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource (CWE-732)
Assigner
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Meta Platforms, Inc below Affected: 0.0.0 , < 0.9.0 (semver)
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