01 Record
CVE-2025-23395
Local root exploit via `logfile_reopen()` in screen 5.0.0 with setuid-root bit set
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: suse
CNA base score7.3 CVSS v4.0CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
02 Description
Local root exploit via `logfile_reopen()` in screen 5.0.0 with setuid-root bit set
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
- 0.21% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 11.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.3 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/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
- NVD analysis status
- Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
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
- 2025-05-26 15:18Z1 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-05-27 14:10Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2025-01-15
- Assigning CNA
- suse
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.3)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 629cb16ff1ffc2e268fdb0e9d95fce578ee21320c26a669b7794ffb83e0d02d9
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- bugzilla.suse.comhttps://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2025-23395
- www.openwall.comhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/12/1
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- screen Fixed in 5.0.0-3
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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