Privilege escalation in Keybase - CVE-2019-7249

 

Privilege escalation in Keybase - CVE-2019-7249

Published: February 4, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU17365
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-7249
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a time-to-check-time-to-use flaw. A local attacker can gain elevated privileges and tamper with another's installs.


Affected software

Keybase

How to mitigate CVE-2019-7249

Update to version 2.13.

Keybase - update to 2.13.0

External References

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