SB2022061012 - Privilege escalation in firejail
Published: June 10, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2022061012
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-31214)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a privilege context switching issue. A local attacker can gain root privileges through execution of available setuid-root binaries such as su or sudo.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.