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CVE-2020-15708

CVSS 9.3 · CRITICAL

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.

CVSS 3.1 breakdown

Base score9.3 (CRITICAL)
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vectorLOCAL
Attack complexityLOW
Privileges requiredNONE
User interactionNONE
ScopeCHANGED
ConfidentialityHIGH
IntegrityHIGH
AvailabilityHIGH

Weakness type (CWE)

Affected products

Canonical ubuntu linux
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References

Data: NIST NVD. NVD last modified 2024-11-21. Always verify against the vendor advisory before acting.

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