CVE-2020-15708
Libvirt Service Arbitrary File Write Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 9.3 Critical
- Published
- Nov 6, 2020
- Updated
- Sep 16, 2024
- Reserved
- Jul 14, 2020
Description
Ubuntu's packaging of libvirt in 20.04 LTS created a control socket with world read and write permissions. An attacker could use this to overwrite arbitrary files or execute arbitrary code.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 9.3 Critical | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H | canonical |
Weaknesses
- CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
libvirtUbuntu |
|
References
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