Privilege escalation in Edneville Please
CVE-2023-46277
please (aka pleaser) through 0.5.4 allows privilege escalation through the TIOCSTI and/or TIOCLINUX ioctl. (If both TIOCSTI and TIOCLINUX are disabled, this cannot be exploited.)
Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (20.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 20th percentile — 20.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- gitlab.com/edneville/please/-/issues/13 (Exploit, Issue Tracking)
- gitlab.com/edneville/please/-/merge_requests/69 (Patch, Issue Tracking)
- github.com/rustsec/advisory-db/pull/1798 (Patch, Issue Tracking)
- rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2023-0066.html (Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-46277?
- CVE-2023-46277 is a high-severity vulnerability in Edneville Please, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2023-10-20.
- How severe is CVE-2023-46277?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2023-46277 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.