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CVE-2021-44730

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

Data is provided by the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
CanonicalSnapd Version <= 2.54.2
CanonicalUbuntu Linux Version18.04 SwEditionlts
CanonicalUbuntu Linux Version20.04 SwEditionlts
CanonicalUbuntu Linux Version21.10
FedoraprojectFedora Version34
FedoraprojectFedora Version35
DebianDebian Linux Version10.0
DebianDebian Linux Version11.0
Zu dieser CVE wurde keine CISA KEV oder CERT.AT-Warnung gefunden.
EPSS Metriken
Type Source Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.14% 0.344
CVSS Metriken
Source Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector string
nvd@nist.gov 8.8 2 6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd@nist.gov 6.9 3.4 10
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
security@ubuntu.com 7.8 1.1 6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource.