Vigil@nce - Flatpak: privilege escalation via Setuid Root Files Creation
January 2019 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Fedora.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: administrator access/rights.
Provenance: document.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 19/11/2018.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can bypass restrictions via Setuid Root Files Creation
of Flatpak, in order to escalate his privileges.
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https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Flatpak-privilege-escalation-via-Setuid-Root-Files-Creation-27816