GNU Screen 4.5.0 - Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Exploit for linux platform in category local exploits Commit f86a374 "screen.c: adding permissions check for the logfile name", 2015-11-04 The check opens the logfile with full root privileges. This allows us to truncate any file or create a root-owned file with any contents in any directory and...

GNU Screen 4.5.0 - Local Privilege Escalation (PoC)

Commit f86a374 "screen.c: adding permissions check for the logfile name", 2015-11-04 The check opens the logfile with full root privileges. This allows us to truncate any file or create a root-owned file with any contents in any directory and can be easily exploited to full root access in several...