Vulnerability in Canonical Snapd
CVE-2019-11502
snap-confine in snapd before 2.38 incorrectly set the ownership of a snap application to the uid and gid of the first calling user. Consequently, that user had unintended access to a private /tmp directory.
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:H/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.025 (84.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 84th percentile — 84.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.025 · newest: 0.025 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/04/18/4 (Exploit, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/snapcore/snapd/commit/bdbfeebef03245176ae0dc323392bb0522a339b1 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/04/25/7 (mailing-list, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-11502?
- CVE-2019-11502 is a high-severity vulnerability in Canonical Snapd, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-04-24.
- How severe is CVE-2019-11502?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.