In the ebuild package through smokeping-2.7.3-r1 for SmokePing on Gentoo, the initscript allows the smokeping user to gain ownership of any file, allowing for the smokeping user to gain root privileges. There is a race condition involving /var/lib/smokeping and chown.
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Thu, 29 May 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-362
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-09-20T17:01:47.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-29T13:24:16.017Z

Reserved: 2022-09-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-20015

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-06T03:47:34.968Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-20T18:15:09.897

Modified: 2025-05-29T14:15:26.540

Link: CVE-2016-20015

cve-icon Redhat

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