Attacker Value
Unknown
(0 users assessed)
Exploitability
Unknown
(0 users assessed)
User Interaction
Required
Privileges Required
Low
Attack Vector
Local
0

CVE-2020-11934

Disclosure Date: May 22, 2020
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Description

It was discovered that snapctl user-open allowed altering the \(XDG_DATA_DIRS environment variable when calling the system xdg-open. OpenURL() in usersession/userd/launcher.go would alter \)XDG_DATA_DIRS to append a path to a directory controlled by the calling snap. A malicious snap could exploit this to bypass intended access restrictions to control how the host system xdg-open script opens the URL and, for example, execute a script shipped with the snap without confinement. This issue did not affect Ubuntu Core systems. Fixed in snapd versions 2.45.1ubuntu0.2, 2.45.1+18.04.2 and 2.45.1+20.04.2.

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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Base Score:
5.9 Medium
Impact Score:
4
Exploitability Score:
1.5
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector (AV):
Local
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
Low
User Interaction (UI):
Required
Scope (S):
Changed
Confidentiality (C):
None
Integrity (I):
High
Availability (A):
None

General Information

Vendors

  • canonical

Products

  • ubuntu linux 16.04,
  • ubuntu linux 18.04,
  • ubuntu linux 19.10,
  • ubuntu linux 20.04

Additional Info

Technical Analysis