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CVE-2023-6917

A vulnerability has been identified in the Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) package, stemming from the mixed privilege levels utilized by systemd services associated with PCP. While certain services operate within the confines of limited PCP user/group privileges, others are granted full root privileges. This disparity in privilege levels poses a risk when privileged root processes interact with directories or directory trees owned by unprivileged PCP users. Specifically, this vulnerability may lead to the compromise of PCP user isolation and facilitate local PCP-to-root exploits, particularly through symlink attacks. These vulnerabilities underscore the importance of maintaining robust privilege separation mechanisms within PCP to mitigate the potential for unauthorized privilege escalation.

Published

2024-02-28T15:15:07.867

Last Modified

2025-04-01T15:34:51.040

Status

Analyzed

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 6.0 (MEDIUM)

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-378
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application sgi performance_co-pilot < 6.2.0 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux 9.0 Yes
References