vetkit.c.privilege.unchecked-setuid
The result of setuid / setgid / setgroups is ignored; if the call fails the program keeps running with elevated privileges.
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Suite: Security
c, cpp
The result of setuid / setgid / setgroups is ignored; if the call fails the program keeps running with elevated privileges.
Category: SECURITY · Engine rule severity: WARNING
How to fix it
Check every privilege-changing call and abort on failure, e.g. if (setuid(uid) != 0) { perror("setuid"); exit(1); }.
References
Source: packages/engine/rules/sast/c.yml.
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