CVE-2024-1724 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-1724: snapd allows $HOME/bin symlink

Vendor Canonical
Product snap
Weakness CWE-732
Published July 25, 2024
Last update August 1, 2024

CVSS base score

6.3/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

In snapd versions prior to 2.62, when using AppArmor for enforcement of sandbox permissions, snapd failed to restrict writes to the $HOME/bin path. In Ubuntu, when this path exists, it is automatically added to the users PATH. An attacker who could convince a user to install a malicious snap which used the 'home' plug could use this vulnerability to install arbitrary scripts into the users PATH which may then be run by the user outside of the expected snap sandbox and hence allow them to escape confinement.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

July 25, 2024 CVE published
August 1, 2024 Record updated