CVE-2019-7304
Local privilege escalation via snapd socket
- Published
- Apr 23, 2019
- Updated
- Sep 16, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- canonical
- Evidence observed
- Feb 13, 2019
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HHigh · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 99.1%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
Canonical snapd before version 2.37.1 incorrectly performed socket owner validation, allowing an attacker to run arbitrary commands as root. This issue affects: Canonical snapd versions prior to 2.37.1.
Sources
7- dirty_sockExploit
Linux privilege escalation exploit via snapd (CVE-2019-7304)
Exploiting the vulnerability called "Dirty_Sock" (CVE-2019-7304) in the REST API for Canonical's snapd daemon.
- snap_priv_escExploit
Another implementation for linux privilege escalation exploit via snap(d) (CVE-2019-7304)
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