CVE-2025-46803

The default mode of pseudo terminals (PTYs) allocated by Screen was changed from 0620 to 0622, thereby allowing anyone to write to any Screen PTYs in the system.

CVSS v3 5.0 MEDIUM

5.0^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.3 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2025-46803
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/12/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/13/6
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/12/1

Configurations

No configuration.

History

28 May 2025, 15:01

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-05-26 15:15

Updated : 2025-05-28 15:01

NVD link : CVE-2025-46803

Mitre link : CVE-2025-46803

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-46803

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-276

Incorrect Default Permissions

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