A privilege escalation vulnerability existed in the Below service prior to v0.9.0 due to the creation of a world-writable directory at /var/log/below. This could have allowed local unprivileged users to escalate to root privileges through symlink attacks that manipulate files such as /etc/shadow.
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Thu, 03 Jul 2025 15:00:00 +0000
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Facebook
Facebook below |
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Weaknesses | CWE-732 | |
CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:facebook:below:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:* | |
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Facebook
Facebook below |
Fri, 21 Mar 2025 21:15:00 +0000
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cvssV3_1
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Tue, 11 Mar 2025 18:45:00 +0000
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Description | A privilege escalation vulnerability existed in the Below service prior to v0.9.0 due to the creation of a world-writable directory at /var/log/below. This could have allowed local unprivileged users to escalate to root privileges through symlink attacks that manipulate files such as /etc/shadow. | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: facebook
Published: 2025-03-11T18:29:21.569Z
Updated: 2025-03-21T20:38:10.292Z
Reserved: 2025-03-03T11:36:32.537Z
Link: CVE-2025-27591

Updated: 2025-03-12T13:08:26.252Z

Status : Analyzed
Published: 2025-03-11T19:15:43.390
Modified: 2025-07-03T14:40:01.117
Link: CVE-2025-27591

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