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Bug #1176
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In some tools the return value of setuid() is not checked
Start date:
2025-11-06
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100%
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Description
In some tools the return value of setuid() is not checked. In the worstcase this could lead to privilege escalation since the process does not give up its root privileges and continue as root.
Reported by Hector Marco.
Closed by commit #beaf5a5c2.
This issue has been registered as CVE-2013-6825 (https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6825).
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