Insecure RPATH Handling in Monero GUI Allows Privilege Escalation

CVE-2020-26947 · HIGH Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

monero-wallet-gui in Monero GUI before 0.17.1.0 includes the . directory in an embedded RPATH (with a preference ahead of /usr/lib), which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse library in the current working directory.

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