Privilege escalation via replaceable remote proxy script
Published Sep 15, 2023 · Updated Sep 25, 2025
TOCTOU race in Lapce 0.2.8 allows local users to gain another user's privileges when that user starts an SSH remote session. remote.rs uploads a fixed-name /tmp/lapce-proxy.sh, then changes its permissions and executes it without validating its integrity, allowing replacement between upload and execution. The attacker needs prior access to the remote host, and a more privileged Lapce user must initiate the connection; the supplied proof of concept executes commands with that user's rights.
Summary
What happened
TOCTOU race in Lapce 0.2.8 allows local users to gain another user's privileges when that user starts an SSH remote session. remote.rs uploads a fixed-name /tmp/lapce-proxy.sh, then changes its permissions and executes it without validating its integrity, allowing replacement between upload and execution. The attacker needs prior access to the remote host, and a more privileged Lapce user must initiate the connection; the supplied proof of concept executes commands with that user's rights.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-3891
- Published
- Sep 15, 2023
- Updated
- Sep 25, 2025
- Vendor
- Lapce
- Product
- Lapce
- Classifications
- CWE-367, CAPEC-233, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 15, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 25, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0.2.8
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Public exploit references
- Fluid Attacks temporary-script race proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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