CVE-2020-15708 (GCVE-0-2020-15708)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-11-06 01:40 – Updated: 2024-09-16 17:37
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Libvirt Service Arbitrary File Write Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Summary
Ubuntu's packaging of libvirt in 20.04 LTS created a control socket with world read and write permissions. An attacker could use this to overwrite arbitrary files or execute arbitrary code.
Severity
9.3 (Critical)
CWE
- CWE-732 - Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4452-1 | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
Date Public
2020-08-04 00:00
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