Auth bypass in Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Msr-Safe
CVE-2019-1010066
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory msr-safe v1.1.0 is affected by: Incorrect Access Control. The impact is: An attacker could modify model specific registers. The component is: ioctl handling. The attack vector is: An attacker could exploit a bug in ioctl interface whitelist checking, in order to write to model specific registers, normally a function reserved for the root user. The fixed version is: v1.2.0.
Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.013 (70.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 70th percentile — 70.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Msr-Safe — versions v1.1.0 [fixed: v1.2.0]
- Llnl Model Specific Registers-Safe — versions 1.1.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- github.com/LLNL/msr-safe/compare/v1.1.0...v1.2.0 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- www.tldp.org/LDP/lkmpg/2.4/html/x856.html (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-1010066?
- CVE-2019-1010066 is a high-severity vulnerability in Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Msr-Safe, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-07-18.
- How severe is CVE-2019-1010066?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.