Snap-confine Race Cond in must_mkdir_and_open_with_perms
CVE-2022-3328 Published on January 8, 2024

Race condition in snap-confine's must_mkdir_and_open_with_perms()

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2022-3328 is exploitable with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.

Attack Vector:
LOCAL
Attack Complexity:
HIGH
Privileges Required:
LOW
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Weakness Type

What is a Race Condition Vulnerability?

The program contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently.

CVE-2022-3328 has been classified to as a Race Condition vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2022-3328

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Affected Versions

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Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.11%
Percentile
28.65%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.