#VU18376 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Snapd - CVE-2019-11502
Published: April 30, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU18376
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11502
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Snapd
Snapd
Software vendor:
snapcore
snapcore
Description
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to an error in snap-confine when setting owneship permissions of a snap application to the uid and gid of the first calling user. A local user can gain unauthorized access to files in private /tmp directory.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.