CVE-20XX-?

CVE-2025-4598

4.7 MEDIUM 1% exploit odds Fix listed Denial of service OS & kernel

What it is

A vulnerability was found in systemd-coredump. This flaw allows an attacker to force a SUID process to crash and replace it with a non-SUID binary to access the original's privileged process coredump, allowing the attacker to read sensitive data, such as /etc/shadow content, loaded by the original process. A SUID binary or process has a special type of permission, which allows the process to run with the file owner's permissions, regardless of the user executing the binary. This allows the process to access more restricted data than unprivileged users or processes would be able to. An attacker can leverage this flaw by forcing a SUID process to crash and force the Linux kernel to recycle the process PID before systemd-coredump can analyze the /proc/pid/auxv file. If the attacker wins the race condition, they gain access to the original's SUID process coredump file. They can read sensitive content loaded into memory by the original binary, affecting data confidentiality.

At a glance

Exploitability
Can be exploited locally on the machine with a low-privilege account. High risk of data exposure.
Exploit odds
1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
Fix
A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.

Timeline

  1. PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
  2. Last updatedMost recent change to the record

Details

Published
Last modified
Exploit probability
1.3% · EPSS, next 30 days
Weakness
CWE-364
Record status
Modified

Affected

Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 4.7

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Raw vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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Fix and advisories

References

NVD record · CVE.org record