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CVE-2017-18188
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-02-14T20:29:00.220 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:12:21.363

Summary

OpenRC opentmpfiles through 0.1.3, when the fs.protected_hardlinks sysctl is turned off, allows local users to obtain ownership of arbitrary files by creating a hard link inside a directory on which "chown -R" will be run.

Affected products

openr — opentmpfiles

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References

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