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CVE-2019-7304
Local privilege escalation via snapd socket
High8.8EPSS 61.1%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- canonical
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| canonicalCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 61.1% · top 0.8% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
- Type confusion when performing access control check
- CWE-863 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-863 and its CVEs
Affected products
References (3)
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3887-1/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46361 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46362 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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