#VU13565 Privilege escalation in Podman - CVE-2018-10856
Published: July 4, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU13565
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-10856
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Podman
Podman
Software vendor:
Container Projects
Container Projects
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The weakness exists due to the application does not drop capabilities when executing a container as a non-root user. A remote attacker can gain root privileges and conduct further attacks.
Remediation
Update to version 0.6.1.