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GHSA-9mc5-7qhg-fp3w
No affected components available
Impact
A privilege escalation vulnerability existed in the Below service prior to v0.9.0 due to the creation of a world-writable directory at /var/log/below. This could have allowed local unprivileged users to escalate to root privileges through symlink attacks that manipulate files such as /etc/shadow.
Patches
https://github.com/facebookincubator/below/commit/10e73a21d67baa2cd613ee92ce999cda145e1a83
This is included in version 0.9.0
Workarounds
Change the permission on /var/log/below manually
References
https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2025-27591 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-27591
The vulnerability requires local access to the device to be exploited. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker needs basic access or low-level privileges. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability. The impact is confined to the system where the vulnerability exists. There is a high impact on the confidentiality of the information. There is a high impact on the integrity of the data. There is a high impact on the availability of the system.
Exploitation activity has been observed. Apply available patches or mitigations urgently.
The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in the next 30 days.
We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.
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