PT-2025-20735

CVE-2025-46803

Published

2025-05-12

Updated

2026-10-30

Description by

CVSS 4.0

5.1

Medium

MetricsAV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Screen (affected versions not specified)

Description The default mode of pseudo terminals (PTYs) allocated by Screen was changed from 0620 to 0622, allowing anyone to write to any Screen PTYs in the system. This change in mode allows for escalation of privilege.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploitability

Exploit

Impacts

Researchers

Vendors

Affected products

Weakness enumeration

CWE-276: Incorrect Default Permissions

Related identifiers

CVE-2025-46803

BDU:2025-11402