CVE-2020-15708

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 12
Modified
Published: 06 Nov 2020, 01:40
Last modified:16 Sept 2024, 17:37

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
high
70/100
CVSS Score
9.3 CRITICAL
v3.1 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
0.15% LOW
0% probability +0.01%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

06 Nov 2020, 01:40
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
16 Sept 2024, 17:37
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•CRITICAL•Score: 9.3CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.6AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.15%• Percentile: 36%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-732•Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

    The product specifies permissions for a security-critical resource in a way that allows that resource to be read or modified by unintended actors.

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    20.04

  • ubuntu•libvirt

    ≥ unspecified, < 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.3

References (1)