CVE-2021-44730
snapd could be made to escalate privileges and run programs as administrator
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.8 High
- Published
- Feb 17, 2022
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2024
- Reserved
- Dec 8, 2021
Description
snapd 2.54.2 did not properly validate the location of the snap-confine binary. A local attacker who can hardlink this binary to another location to cause snap-confine to execute other arbitrary binaries and hence gain privilege escalation. Fixed in snapd versions 2.54.3+18.04, 2.54.3+20.04 and 2.54.3+21.10.1
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H | canonical |
Weaknesses
- CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
snapdCanonical Ltd. |
|
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5292-1
- [oss-security] 20220218 CVE-2021-4120: Insufficient validation of snap content interface and layout pathsmailing-list
- FEDORA-2022-82bea71e5avendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2022-5df8b52ba4vendor-advisory
- DSA-5080vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20220223 Re: CVE-2021-44731: Race condition in snap-confine's setup_private_mount()mailing-list
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