CVE-2020-36770

Published: Jan 15, 2024Updated: Jun 20, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD MITRE

9.8CVSSCRITICAL

EPSS Score

Description

pkg_postinst in the Gentoo ebuild for Slurm through 22.05.3 unnecessarily calls chown to assign root's ownership on files in the live root filesystem. This could be exploited by the slurm user to become the owner of root-owned files.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAttack Vector

Network

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:NPrivileges Required

None

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:HConfidentiality

High

I:HIntegrity

High

A:HAvailability

High

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo CWE-732

Affected Products

ebuild for slurm gentoo

On-prem

Operating Systems / linux-distro

n/a n/a

gentoooss-projectUSOperating Systemsaka gentoo linux

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique

Privilege Escalation

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References

https://bugs.gentoo.org/631552

bugs.gentoo.org

Timeline

Published

Jan 15, 2024

Last Updated

Jun 20, 2025

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