The init script in the Gentoo app-admin/logstash-bin package before 5.5.3 and 5.6.x before 5.6.1 has "chown -R" calls for user-writable directory trees, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to a $LS_USER account for creation of a hard link
Published Sep 25, 2017
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 0.35%
Description
The init script in the Gentoo app-admin/logstash-bin package before 5.5.3 and 5.6.x before 5.6.1 has "chown -R" calls for user-writable directory trees, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to a $LS_USER account for creation of a hard link.
Affected products
No data.
- 5.0.0
- 5.0.1
- 5.0.2
- 5.1.1
- 5.1.2
- 5.2.0
- 5.2.1
- 5.3.0
- 5.3.1
- 5.3.2
- 5.4.1
- 5.4.2
- 5.4.3
- 5.5.0
- 5.5.1
- 5.5.2
- 5.6.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Table of values (8 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.35% (0.00347) | 25.83th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 0.35% (0.00347) | 28.31th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 13.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.56% (0.00555) | 12.81th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.56% (0.00555) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (4)
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/628558 x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/5665 x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=18f97c851c209f291b31ae7a902719f1c17c79fa x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=bbd6cb398c1740c68e9b1b78340c887c58c1fbda x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://bugs.gentoo.org/628558 | x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory | |
| https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/5665 | x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory | |
| https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=18f97c851c209f291b31ae7a902719f1c17c79fa | x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory | |
| https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=bbd6cb398c1740c68e9b1b78340c887c58c1fbda | x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory |
Change history (0)
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