CVE catalog
CVE-2020-36657
uptimed: CVE-2020-36657
- Severity
- Low
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.41% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | uptimed | sid | 1:0.4.6-3.1 | not affected |
| Debian | uptimed | forky | 1:0.4.6-3.1 | not affected |
| Debian | uptimed | trixie | 1:0.4.6-3.1 | not affected |
| Debian | uptimed | bookworm | 1:0.4.6-3 | not affected |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | uptimed | source | sid | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | uptimed | source | forky | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | uptimed | source | trixie | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | uptimed | source | bookworm | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
Observed: