Incorrect Default Permissions
CVE-2019-15793
Summary
In shiftfs, a non-upstream patch to the Linux kernel included in the Ubuntu 5.0 and 5.3 kernel series, several locations which shift ids translate user/group ids before performing operations in the lower filesystem were translating them into init_user_ns, whereas they should have been translated into the s_user_ns for the lower filesystem. This resulted in using ids other than the intended ones in the lower fs, which likely did not map into the shifts s_user_ns. A local attacker could use this to possibly bypass discretionary access control permissions.
- LOW
- LOCAL
- NONE
- PARTIAL
- PARTIAL
- PARTIAL
CWE-276 - Incorrect Default Permissions
During installation, installed file permissions are set to allow anyone to modify those files.
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Advisory Timeline
- Published