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CVE-2019-7304

Local privilege escalation via snapd socket

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 2.37.1
2 on Exploit-DB, 5 proofs of concept on GitHub

Summary

Canonical snapd before version 2.37.1 incorrectly performed socket owner validation, allowing an attacker to run arbitrary commands as root. This issue affects: Canonical snapd versions prior to 2.37.1.

Timeline

  1. Public exploit on Exploit-DB

    EDB-46361, EDB-46362

  2. CVE published
  3. Record last updated
  4. EPSS reached 10%

    FIRST estimates at least a 10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Affected versions

  • Canonical snapd

    fixed in 2.37.1

References 8

usn.ubuntu.com

Exploit-DB

GitHub · Kaine105/Document-Linux-Privilege-Escalation

GitHub · SecuritySi/CVE-2019-7304_DirtySock

GitHub · elvi7major/snap_priv_esc

GitHub · f4T1H21/dirty_sock

GitHub · initstring/dirty_sock