CVE-2023-33865
Publication date 7 June 2023
Last updated 26 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
Description
RenderDoc before 1.27 allows local privilege escalation via a symlink attack. It relies on the /tmp/RenderDoc directory regardless of ownership.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| renderdoc | 26.04 LTS resolute | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release | |
| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Needs evaluation
|
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| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
Severity score breakdown
CVSS version: CVSS v3.0
Base score
7.8 · High
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
Other references
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/06/06/3
- https://github.com/baldurk/renderdoc/commit/601ed56111ce3803d8476d438ade1c92d6092856 (v1.27)
- https://github.com/baldurk/renderdoc/commit/e0464fea4f9a7f149c4ee1d84e5ac57839a4a862 (v1.27)
- https://github.com/baldurk/renderdoc/commit/1f72a09e3b4fd8ba45be4b0db4889444ef5179e2 (v1.27)
- https://github.com/baldurk/renderdoc/commit/203fc8382a79d53d2035613d9425d966b1d4958e (v1.27)
- https://github.com/baldurk/renderdoc/commit/771aa8e769b72e6a36b31d6e2116db9952dcbe9b (v1.27)
- https://www.qualys.com/2023/06/06/renderdoc/renderdoc.txt
- https://renderdoc.org/
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-33865