vuln-ubuntu/data/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-20148.json

{
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-20148",
  "details": "In the ebuild package through logcheck-1.3.23.ebuild for Logcheck on Gentoo, it is possible to achieve root privilege escalation from the logcheck user because of insecure recursive chown calls.",
  "aliases": [],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2017-20148"
  ],
  "related": [],
  "severity": [
    {
      "type": "CVSS_V3",
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
    },
    {
      "type": "CVSS_V3",
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
    },
    {
      "type": "Ubuntu",
      "score": "low"
    }
  ],
  "published": "2022-09-20T18:15:00Z",
  "modified": "2026-10-17T09:05:35Z",
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          {
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  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-20148"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-10"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-20148"
    }
  ]
}