Name: CVE-2020-15708: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
Published: 2020-11-06T00:00:00.000Z
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2020-15708, CWE-732, CVSS 9.3, EPSS 0.00383

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 Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 9.3
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Suse	—	suse-upgrade-libvirtsuse-upgrade-libvirt-adminsuse-upgrade-libvirt-bash-completionsuse-upgrade-libvirt-clientsuse-upgrade-libvirt-daemonsuse-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-config-networksuse-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-config-nwfiltersuse-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-interfacesuse-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-libxlsuse-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-lxcsuse-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-networksuse-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedevsuse-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfiltersuse-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-qemususe-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-secretsuse-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-storagesuse-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-coresuse-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-disksuse-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-glustersuse-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsisuse-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-directsuse-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-logicalsuse-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpathsuse-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbdsuse-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-scsisuse-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-hookssuse-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-lxcsuse-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-qemususe-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-xensuse-upgrade-libvirt-develsuse-upgrade-libvirt-devel-32bitsuse-upgrade-libvirt-docsuse-upgrade-libvirt-libssuse-upgrade-libvirt-lock-sanlocksuse-upgrade-libvirt-nsssuse-upgrade-wireshark-plugin-libvirt	Oct 21, 2020	Aug 4, 2020
Ubuntu	View advisory ↗	ubuntu-upgrade-libvirt-daemonubuntu-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-systemubuntu-upgrade-libvirt0	Aug 5, 2020	Aug 4, 2020

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