CVE-2019-15789

Privilege escalation vulnerability in MicroK8s allows a low privilege user with local access to obtain root access to the host by provisioning a privileged container. Fixed in MicroK8s 1.15.3.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 7.2 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.2^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/explicit-use-of-sudo-in-microk8s-cli/7605	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ubuntu/microk8s/pull/590	Third Party Advisory
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2019/CVE-2019-15789.html	Vendor Advisory
https://pulsesecurity.co.nz/advisories/microk8s-privilege-escalation	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:canonical:microk8s:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2020-04-08 01:15

Updated : 2020-10-16 16:29

NVD link : CVE-2019-15789

Mitre link : CVE-2019-15789

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2019-15789

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Products Affected

canonical

microk8s

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management

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