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CVE-2017-9780

Published: 21 June 2017

In Flatpak before 0.8.7, a third-party app repository could include malicious apps that contain files with inappropriate permissions, for example setuid or world-writable. The files are deployed with those permissions, which would let a local attacker run the setuid executable or write to the world-writable location. In the case of the "system helper" component, files deployed as part of the app are owned by root, so in the worst case they could be setuid root.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
flatpak
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Ignored
(end of life)
bionic Not vulnerable
(1.0.1-0ubuntu0.1)
cosmic Not vulnerable
(1.0.1-0ubuntu0.1)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (0.8.7-1)
xenial Does not exist

yakkety Ignored
(end of life)
zesty Ignored
(end of life)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H