CVE-2019-15789 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00045.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Canonical Subscribe	Microk8s Subscribe

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2019-6712	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

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

History

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published: 2020-04-08T01:00:26.136140Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T21:07:28.961Z

Reserved: 2019-08-29T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2019-15789

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-04-08T01:15:11.857

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:29:28.207

Link: CVE-2019-15789

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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