CVE Vulnerability

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.

7.2 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

Scope

7.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

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

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

Configuration 1

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

Published : 2020-04-08 01:15

Updated : 2020-10-16 04:29

NVD link : CVE-2019-15789

Mitre link : CVE-2019-15789

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo