CVE-2025-46802 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2025-46802

Temporary chown() of users' TTY to mode 0666 allows PTY hijacking in screen

Vulnerability Description

For a short time they PTY is set to mode 666, allowing any user on the system to connect to the screen session.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Matthias Gerstner, SUSE

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3, SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4, SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6
Vulnerable Versions:
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Timeline

Official Publish: May 26th, 2025
Last Modified: May 27th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.