VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2015-8222
The lxd-unix.socket systemd unit file in the Ubuntu lxd package before 0.20-0ubuntu4.1 uses world-readable permissions for /var/lib/lxd/unix.socket, which allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
MEDIUM 4.6EPSS 0.38%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.38%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The lxd-unix.socket systemd unit file in the Ubuntu lxd package before 0.20-0ubuntu4.1 uses world-readable permissions for /var/lib/lxd/unix.socket, which allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.38% probability · 32th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2809-1Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxd/+bug/1515689
- https://github.com/lxc/lxd/issues/1307
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2809-1Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxd/+bug/1515689
- https://github.com/lxc/lxd/issues/1307
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.