CVE-2019-3843 vulnerability in FreeDesktop and Other Products
Published on April 26, 2019
It was discovered that a systemd service that uses DynamicUser property can create a SUID/SGID binary that would be allowed to run as the transient service UID/GID even after the service is terminated. A local attacker may use this flaw to access resources that will be owned by a potentially different service in the future, when the UID/GID will be recycled.
Weakness Type
Incorrect Privilege Assignment
A product incorrectly assigns a privilege to a particular actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.
Products Associated with CVE-2019-3843
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Affected Versions
[freedesktop.org] systemd Version 242 is affected by CVE-2019-3843Exploit Probability
EPSS
0.13%
Percentile
31.96%
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