{"id":"CVE-2020-36657","details":"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.","modified":"2026-04-10T04:27:16.891937Z","published":"2023-01-26T21:15:21.893Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-14"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://bugs.gentoo.org/630810"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/rpodgorny/uptimed","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"ad909e4dd67e60e4e6f359fa80f1f26e273a06c5"}],"database_specific":{"versions":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.4.6"}]}}],"versions":["v0.3.17","v0.3.18","v0.4.0","v0.4.1","v0.4.2","v0.4.3","v0.4.4","v0.4.5"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-36657.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}