snapd 2.54.2 did not properly validate the location of the snap-confine binary. A local attacker who can hardlink this binary to another location to cause snap-confine to execute other arbitrary binaries and hence gain privilege escalation. Fixed in snapd versions 2.54.3+18.04, 2.54.3+20.04 and 2.54.3+21.10.1
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Information
Published : 2022-02-17 23:15
Updated : 2024-11-21 06:31
NVD link : CVE-2021-44730
Mitre link : CVE-2021-44730
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-44730
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Products Affected
canonical
- snapd
- ubuntu_linux
fedoraproject
- fedora
debian
- debian_linux
CWE
CWE-59
Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')