SecuriTricks - CVE-2025-46804

Description

A minor information leak when running Screen with setuid-root privileges allows unprivileged users to deduce information about a path that would otherwise not be available. Affected are older Screen versions, as well as version 5.0.0.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor	Product	Versions
Screen	Screen	5.0.0, *

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-203

Observable Discrepancy

The product behaves differently or sends different responses under different circumstances in a way that is observable to an unauthorized actor, which exposes security-relevant information about the state of the product, such as whether a particular operation was successful or not.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language	Software Edition	Target Software	Target Hardware	Other Information
a	screen	screen	5.0.0	/	/	/	/	/	/	/
a	screen	screen	/	/	/	/	/	/	/	/

References

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2025-46804

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/12/1

CVSS Score

2.0 / 10

CVSS Data - 4.0

Attack Vector: LOCAL
Attack Complexity: LOW
Attack Requirements: PRESENT
Privileges Required: LOW
User Interaction: NONE
Scope:
Confidentiality Impact: LOW
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE
Exploit Maturity: NOT_DEFINED

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

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Timeline

Published: May 26, 2025, 2:15 p.m.
Last Modified: May 27, 2025, 8:15 a.m.

Status : Received

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

meissner@suse.de

CVE-2025-46804