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    CVE-2020-36770

    pkg_postinst in the Gentoo ebuild for Slurm through 22.05.3 unnecessarily calls chown to assign root's ownership on files in the live root filesystem. This could be exploited by the slurm user to become the owner of root-owned files.

    Published:Jan 15, 2024
    Last Modified:Jun 20, 2025
    EPS:Jan 15, 2024
    EPSS Score:0.00059
    CVSS Score:7.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Gentoo
    Product
    Ebuild For Slurm

    Exploits

    https://bugs.gentoo.org/631552https://bugs.gentoo.org/631552

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    User Interaction
    None
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    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High