Vigil@nce - Linux kernel: privilege escalation via sctp/cgroup
July 2019 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Linux, Ubuntu.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: administrator access/rights, privileged
access/rights.
Provenance: user shell.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 15/05/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can bypass restrictions via sctp/cgroup of the Linux
kernel, in order to escalate his privileges.
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https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Linux-kernel-privilege-escalation-via-sctp-cgroup-29306