Upstream information

CVE-2025-23395 at MITRE

Description

Screen 5.0.0 when it runs with setuid-root privileges does not drop privileges while operating on a user supplied path. This allows unprivileged users to create files in arbitrary locations with `root` ownership, the invoking user's (real) group ownership and file mode 0644. All data written to the Screen PTY will be logged into this file, allowing to escalate to root privileges

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
  CNA (SUSE) SUSE
Base Score 7.8 7.8
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local Local
Attack Complexity Low Low
Privileges Required Low Low
User Interaction None None
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High High
Integrity Impact High High
Availability Impact High High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1
CVSS v4 Scores
  CNA (SUSE) SUSE
Base Score 7.3 7.3
Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Attack Vector Local Local
Attack Complexity Low Low
Attack Requirements Present Present
Privileges Required Low Low
User Interaction None None
Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High High
Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High High
Vulnerable System Availability Impact High High
Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None None
Subsequent System Integrity Impact None None
Subsequent System Availability Impact None None
CVSSv4 Version 4.0 4.0
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1242268 [NEW]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 screen Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 screen Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 screen Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 screen Not affected
openSUSE Leap 15.6 screen Not affected
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS Extended Security screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 screen Not affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 screen Not affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 screen Not affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 screen Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 screen Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 screen Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1-LTSS screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 screen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 screen Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 screen Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 screen Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 screen Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 screen Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 screen Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 screen Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 screen Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 screen Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 screen Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 screen Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 screen Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 screen Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 screen Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 screen Not affected
openSUSE Leap 15.3 screen Not affected
openSUSE Leap 15.4 screen Not affected
openSUSE Leap 15.5 screen Not affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 screen Not affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4 screen Not affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 screen Not affected
Products at an unknown state of their lifecycle.
SUSE Linux Micro Extras 6.0 screen Not affected
Container Status
bci/kiwi screenNot affected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Mon May 5 13:30:22 2025
CVE page last modified: Mon May 26 22:10:19 2025