VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2020-15708
An attacker could use this to overwrite arbitrary files or execute arbitrary code.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.40%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.40%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.40% probability · 34th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-732
- Affected
- canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- security@ubuntu.com
References
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4452-1Vendor Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4452-1Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.