CVE-2019-7304

Local privilege escalation in Ubuntu Linux and derivatives | The Missing Link

Discovered by Chris Moberly on behalf of The Missing Link Security

Vulnerability Details

The Snap daemon (snapd) incorrectly validated and parsed the remote socket address when performing access controls on its UNIX socket. A local attacker could use this to access privileged socket APIs and obtain administrator privileges.

Affected Versions

snapd versions 2.28 through 2.37

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