CVE-2024-23301: Relax-and-Recover (aka ReaR) through 2.7 creates a world-readable initrd when using GRUB_RESCUE=y. This allows local attackers to gain access to...
Description
Relax-and-Recover (aka ReaR) through 2.7 creates a world-readable initrd when using GRUB_RESCUE=y. This allows local attackers to gain access to system secrets otherwise only readable by root.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2024-23301
Affected Products
Vendor: n/a
Product: n/a
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.1% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 27.96% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-06-06 (when was this score calculated)
Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC)
SSVC Exploitation: none
SSVC Technical Impact: partial
SSVC Automatable: false
References
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23301https://github.com/rear/rear/issues/3122
https://github.com/rear/rear/pull/3123
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/02/msg00003.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7JIN57LUPBI2GDJOK3PYXNHJTZT3AQTZ/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UHKMPXJNXEJJE6EVYE5HM7EKEJFQMBN7/