Medium severity · published May 26, 2025
CVE-2025-46802
Temporary chown() of users' TTY to mode 0666 allows PTY hijacking in screen
6.0
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
For a short time they PTY is set to mode 666, allowing any user on the system to connect to the screen session.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 14% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SL
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 · SUSE
? before 4.6.2-150000.5.8.1 · source: vendor
SL
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 · SUSE
? before 4.6.2-150000.5.8.1 · source: vendor
SL
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 · SUSE
? before 4.6.2-150000.5.8.1 · source: vendor
SL
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 · SUSE
? before 4.6.2-150000.5.8.1 · source: vendor
SL
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 · SUSE
? before 4.6.2-150000.5.8.1 · source: vendor
SL
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 · SUSE
? before 4.6.2-150000.5.8.1 · source: vendor
SL
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 · SUSE
? before 4.6.2-150000.5.8.1 · source: vendor
SL
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 · SUSE
? before 4.6.2-150000.5.8.1 · source: vendor
Affected product
SL
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6
SUSE
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-46802
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-46802
bugzilla.suse.com
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2025-46802
www.openwall.com
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/12/1
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