CVE-2025-69257: Oh theshit! From Typo Fixer to Root Shell via Python Injection - CVE Security Report

CVE-2025-69257.md

CVE-2025-69257: Oh theshit! From Typo Fixer to Root Shell via Python Injection

CVSS Score: 6.7 Published: 2025-12-30 Full Report: https://cvereports.com/reports/CVE-2025-69257

Summary

A classic Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) in the 'theshit' command correction utility, allowing unprivileged users to execute arbitrary Python code as root due to unsafe loading of user configuration files.

TL;DR

The command-line tool theshit loads custom Python rule files from the user's configuration directory. Prior to version 0.1.1, it failed to verify file ownership when running with elevated privileges (e.g., via sudo). An attacker can place a malicious Python script in their own config folder, wait for an administrator to run the tool to fix a command, and achieve immediate root code execution.

Exploit Status: POC

Technical Details

• CWE ID: CWE-269
• Attack Vector: Local (AV:L)
• CVSS: 6.7 (Medium)
• Impact: Privilege Escalation (Root)
• Component: Python Rule Loader
• Exploit Status: High Probability / Trivial

Affected Systems

• Linux systems with theshit installed
• macOS systems with theshit installed
• theshit: < 0.1.1 (Fixed in: 0.1.1)

Mitigation

• Input Validation
• Privilege Dropping
• File Integrity Checks

Remediation Steps:

1. Upgrade theshit to version 0.1.1 immediately.
2. Audit ~/.config/theshit/rules/ for suspicious Python scripts.
3. Remove sudo privileges for this utility if granted via /etc/sudoers.

References

• Vendor Repository

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