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.

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.

EPSS: 0.025 (82.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Canonical Snapd
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-59 — Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, 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.