A vulnerability in the chmod utility of uutils coreutils allows users to bypass the --preserve-root safety mechanism. The implementation only validates if the target path is literally / and does not canonicalize the path. An attacker or accidental user can use path variants such as /../ or symbolic links to execute destructive recursive operations (e.g., chmod -R 000) on the entire root filesystem, leading to system-wide permission loss and potential complete system breakdown.
A vulnerability in the chmod utility of uutils coreutils allows users to bypass the --preserve-root safety mechanism. The implementation only validates if the target path is literally / and does not canonicalize the path. An attacker or accidental user can use path variants such as /../ or symbolic links to execute destructive recursive operations (e.g., chmod -R 000) on the entire root filesystem, leading to system-wide permission loss and potential complete system breakdown.
왜 이 VPI인가 (설명가능 · 실험적)
VPI 산정 기준
| 영향도 | 73.00 |
| 악용 신호(추가 악용신호 없음) | ×1.00 |
| VPI | 73.00 |
VPI 공식 vpi-v1 기준
| 소스 | CVSS 버전 | 기본 점수 | 심각도 | 벡터 문자열 | 평가일 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OSV3rd | 3.1 | 7.3 | HIGH | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | 2026. 07. 07. |
| NVDNIST | 3.1 | 7.3 |
| CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| 2026. 04. 23. |