CVE-2026-77159 Libvirt: unsafe chown in qemutpmemulatorpreparehost() allows arbitrary file ownership change via symlink

A symlink-following flaw was found in libvirt's qemuTPMEmulatorPrepareHost function. The function uses a path-based chown on the swtpm logfile without checking for symbolic links. A local attacker with access to the swtpm account can replace the logfile with a symlink, causing libvirtd running as...

CVE-2026-77159

A symlink-following flaw in libvirt's qemuTPMEmulatorPrepareHost() function performs a path-based chown() on the swtpm log file without validating for symbolic links. A local attacker with access to the swtpm account can replace the log file with a symlink, causing the root-level libvirtd daemon ...

CLSA-2025-1762800667 Fix CVE(s): CVE-2021-44038

SECURITY UPDATE: Unsafe chown/chmod operations in .service files - debian/patches/CVE-2021-44038.patch: remove chown/chmod commands from the .service files - CVE-2021-44038...

EUVD-2020-24103

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SUSE CVE-2021-44038

An issue was discovered in Quagga through 1.2.4. Unsafe chown/chmod operations in the suggested spec file allow users with control of the non-root-owned directory /etc/quagga to escalate their privileges to root upon package installation or update...

UBUNTU-CVE-2020-36657

uptimed before 0.4.6-r1 on Gentoo allows local users with access to the uptimed user account to gain root privileges by creating a hard link within the /var/spool/uptimed directory, because there is an unsafe chown -R call...

Hardcoded credentials

uptimed before 0.4.6-r1 on Gentoo allows local users with access to the uptimed user account to gain root privileges by creating a hard link within the /var/spool/uptimed directory, because there is an unsafe chown -R call...

CVE-2020-36657

uptimed before 0.4.6-r1 on Gentoo allows local users with access to the uptimed user account to gain root privileges by creating a hard link within the /var/spool/uptimed directory, because there is an unsafe chown -R call...

CVE-2020-36657

uptimed before 0.4.6-r1 on Gentoo allows local users with access to the uptimed user account to gain root privileges by creating a hard link within the /var/spool/uptimed directory, because there is an unsafe chown -R call...

PT-2023-11825 · Uptime · Uptimed

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: uptimed versions prior to 0.4.6-r1 Description: The issue allows local users with access to the uptimed user account to gain root privileges. This is achieved by creating a hard link within the /var/spool/uptimed directory, taking advantage o...

CVE-2020-36657

uptimed before 0.4.6-r1 on Gentoo allows local users with access to the uptimed user account to gain root privileges by creating a hard link within the /var/spool/uptimed directory, because there is an unsafe chown -R call...

Quagga <= 1.2.4 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Quagga is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability. Copyright C 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbH Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later This program is free software; you...

AZL-7336 CVE-2021-44038 affecting package quagga 1.2.4-15

An issue was discovered in Quagga through 1.2.4. Unsafe chown/chmod operations in the suggested spec file allow users with control of the non-root-owned directory /etc/quagga to escalate their privileges to root upon package installation or update...

PT-2021-24026

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Quagga versions through 1.2.4 Description: An issue was discovered that allows users with control of the non-root-owned directory /etc/quagga to escalate their privileges to root upon package installation or update due to unsafe chown/chmod...

UBUNTU-CVE-2020-7221

mysqlinstalldb in MariaDB 10.4.7 through 10.4.11 allows privilege escalation from the mysql user account to root because chown and chmod are performed unsafely, as demonstrated by a symlink attack on a chmod 04755 of authpamtooldir/authpamtool. NOTE: this does not affect the Oracle MySQL product,...

CVE-2020-7221

mysqlinstalldb in MariaDB 10.4.7 through 10.4.11 allows privilege escalation from the mysql user account to root because chown and chmod are performed unsafely, as demonstrated by a symlink attack on a chmod 04755 of authpamtooldir/authpamtool. NOTE: this does not affect the Oracle MySQL product,...

RHEL 6 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0.9 security update on RHEL 6 (Important) (RHSA-2018:0002)

"The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2018:0002 advisory. Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform is a platform for Java applications based on the JBoss Application Server. This release of Re...

jboss: unsafe chown of server.log in jboss init script allows privilege escalation (Incomplete fix for CVE-2016-8656)

It was discovered that the jboss init script performed unsafe file handling which could result in local privilege escalation...

jboss: unsafe chown of server.log in jboss init script allows privilege escalation (Incomplete fix for CVE-2016-8656)

It was discovered that the jboss init script performed unsafe file handling which could result in local privilege escalation...

jboss: unsafe chown of server.log in jboss init script allows privilege escalation (Incomplete fix for CVE-2016-8656)

It was discovered that the jboss init script performed unsafe file handling which could result in local privilege escalation...