7.5

CVE-2019-11502: canonical snapd Link Following

CVSS: 7.5v3.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2019-11502DEBIAN-CVE-2019-11502
Published 24-04-2019Last modified 04-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-11502 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Link Following vulnerability in canonical snapd. EPSS estimates a 2.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
40/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.49%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 24-04-2019
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

snap-confine in snapd before 2.38 incorrectly set the ownership of a snap application to the uid and gid of the first calling user. Consequently, that user had unintended access to a private /tmp directory.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.49%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

84%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.49% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.49%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (openwall.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Canonical1 product
Debian1 product
  • snapd< 2.40-1
Ubuntu1 product
  • snapd< 2.38~14.04 | < 2.38 | < 2.38+18.04

3 vendors · 3 products

References

6 links