UBUNTU-CVE-2023-33865

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-33865
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-33865.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-33865
Upstream
Published
2023-06-07T20:15:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:56:20Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

RenderDoc before 1.27 allows local privilege escalation via a symlink attack. It relies on the /tmp/RenderDoc directory regardless of ownership.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS / renderdoc

Package

Name
renderdoc
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/renderdoc@1.6+dfsg-1build2?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.4+dfsg-1
1.5+dfsg-1
1.5+dfsg-2
1.6+dfsg-1
1.6+dfsg-1build1
1.6+dfsg-1build2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "renderdoc",
            "binary_version": "1.6+dfsg-1build2"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / renderdoc

Package

Name
renderdoc
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/renderdoc@1.18+dfsg-1?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.11+dfsg-5
1.15+dfsg-1
1.16+dfsg-1
1.16+dfsg-1build1
1.18+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "librenderdoc",
            "binary_version": "1.18+dfsg-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "librenderdoc-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.18+dfsg-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-renderdoc",
            "binary_version": "1.18+dfsg-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qrenderdoc",
            "binary_version": "1.18+dfsg-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "renderdoc",
            "binary_version": "1.18+dfsg-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "renderdoccmd",
            "binary_version": "1.18+dfsg-1"
        }
    ]
}