Attacker Value
Unknown
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Exploitability
Unknown
(0 users assessed)
User Interaction
None
Privileges Required
Low
Attack Vector
Local
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CVE-2021-44730

Disclosure Date: February 17, 2022 •
CVE-2021-44730 CVSS v3 Base Score: 8.8
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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

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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Base Score:
8.8 High
Impact Score:
6
Exploitability Score:
2
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector (AV):
Local
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
Low
User Interaction (UI):
None
Scope (S):
Changed
Confidentiality (C):
High
Integrity (I):
High
Availability (A):
High

General Information

Offensive Application
Unknown
Utility Class
Unknown
Ports
Unknown
OS
Unknown
Vulnerable Versions
snapd 2.54.2
Prerequisites
Unknown
Discovered By
Unknown
PoC Author
Unknown
Metasploit Module
Unknown
Reporter
Unknown

Vendors

  • canonical,
  • debian,
  • fedoraproject

Products

  • debian linux 10.0,
  • debian linux 11.0,
  • fedora 34,
  • fedora 35,
  • snapd,
  • ubuntu linux 18.04,
  • ubuntu linux 20.04,
  • ubuntu linux 21.10
Technical Analysis