The Gentoo init script for webfs uses world-readable permissions for /var/log/webfsd.log, which allows local users to have unspecified impac

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

• webfs webfsall versions

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

• CVE-2003-0833Stack-based buffer overflow in webfs before 1.20 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by creating directories that result in a long pa
  32Monitor
• CVE-2003-0445Buffer overflow in webfs before 1.17.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an HTTP request with a long Request-URI.
  31Monitor
• CVE-2003-0832Directory traversal vulnerability in webfs before 1.20 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via ..
  21Monitor

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Root cause

The extension requests broader permissions than its function needs and sends the data it collects out for purposes beyond its stated function.

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

1{2  "permissions": ["tabs", "<all_urls>"],3  "background": { "service_worker": "analytics.js" }4}

1{2  "permissions": ["activeTab"],3  "host_permissions": ["https://yildiz.example/*"]4}

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.