# CVE-2025-23395

## Summary

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2025-23395
- **Severity:** HIGH
- **CVSS Score:** 7.8 (CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N)
- **CWE:** CWE-271
- **Published:** May 26, 2025
- **Last Modified:** Mar 13, 2026

## Description

Screen 5.0.0 when it runs with setuid-root privileges does not drop privileges while operating on a user supplied path. This allows unprivileged users to create files in arbitrary locations with `root` ownership, the invoking user's (real) group ownership and file mode 0644. All data written to the Screen PTY will be logged into this file, allowing to escalate to root privileges

## Affected Products

- Unknown product (5.0)

## References

- [CNA](https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2025-23395)
- [CNA](https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/12/1)

## Exploitation Prediction (EPSS)

- **EPSS Score:** 0.20%
- **EPSS Percentile:** 10.5

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_Exported from OnDuty AI Vulnerability Intelligence on 2026-09-10._