CVE-2025-46804 (GCVE-0-2025-46804)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-26 13:31 – Updated: 2025-05-28 13:48
VLAI
Title
Screen 5.0.0 and older versions allow file existence tests when installed setuid-root
Summary
A minor information leak when running Screen with setuid-root privileges allows unprivileged users to deduce information about a path that would otherwise not be available. Affected are older Screen versions, as well as version 5.0.0.
Severity
3.3 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
2 (Low)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-05-27 14:06 UTC
CWE
Assigner
suse CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 80/100 over 118 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Affected: 5.0 , ≤ 5.0.0 (semver)
Affected: ? , ≤ 4.9.1 (semver)
Date Public
2025-05-12 15:24
Credits
Matthias Gerstner, SUSE
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