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CVE-2019-15789

Date: April 7, 2020

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.

Language: Go

Severity Score

Related Resources (6)

https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2019/CVE-2019-15789.html
https://github.com/ubuntu/microk8s/pull/590
https://pulsesecurity.co.nz/advisories/microk8s-privilege-escalation
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15789
https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/explicit-use-of-sudo-in-microk8s-cli/7605
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2019-15789

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Insufficient Information

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Improper Privilege Management

CWE-269

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): LOW
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): CHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): COMPLETE
Integrity (I): COMPLETE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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