CVE-2023-33865
RenderDoc before 1.27 allows local privilege escalation via a symlink attack. It relies on the /tmp/RenderDoc directory regardless of ownership.
02 Description
RenderDoc before 1.27 allows local privilege escalation via a symlink attack. It relies on the /tmp/RenderDoc directory regardless of ownership.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.89% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 59.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2023-06-07 00:00Z3 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-11-03 21:48Z11 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2023-05-23
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- a73cb1e35a0b9440822acc60f4dde9e2d1af3df986adbedea838015925d21ac7
05 Affected products
06 References
- renderdoc.orghttps://renderdoc.org/
- www.qualys.comhttps://www.qualys.com/2023/06/06/renderdoc/renderdoc.txt
- seclists.org20230607 LPE and RCE in RenderDoc: CVE-2023-33865, CVE-2023-33864, CVE-2023-33863http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jun/2
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172804/RenderDoc-1.26-Local-Privilege-Escalation-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20230725 [SECURITY] [DLA 3501-1] renderdoc security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00023.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202311-10https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-10
- lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00008.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- renderdoc Fixed in 1.24+dfsg-1+deb12u1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- renderdoc No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- renderdoc No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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