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CVE-2023-33865
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2023-06-07 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-59
Description
RenderDoc before 1.27 allows local privilege escalation via a symlink attack. It relies on the /tmp/RenderDoc directory regardless of ownership.
Affected products
- Renderdoc: before 1.27 — fixed in 1.27
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Renderdoc 1.27. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172804/RenderDoc-1.26-Local-Privilege-Escalation-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jun/2
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00023.html
- https://renderdoc.org/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-10
- https://www.qualys.com/2023/06/06/renderdoc/renderdoc.txt
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172804/RenderDoc-1.26-Local-Privilege-Escalation-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jun/2
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00023.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00008.html
- https://renderdoc.org/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-10
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