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CVE-2024-48990

Nov. 19, 2024, 9:56 p.m.

Tags

security@ubuntu.com
CWE-427
2024-11-19
CVE-2024-48990

CVSS Score

7.8 / 10

Product(s) Impacted

needrestart

  • before 3.8

Description

Qualys discovered that needrestart, before version 3.8, allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code as root by tricking needrestart into running the Python interpreter with an attacker-controlled PYTHONPATH environment variable.

Weaknesses

CWE-427
Uncontrolled Search Path Element

The product uses a fixed or controlled search path to find resources, but one or more locations in that path can be under the control of unintended actors.

CWE ID: 427

Date

Published: Nov. 19, 2024, 6:15 p.m.

Last Modified: Nov. 19, 2024, 9:56 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

security@ubuntu.com

CVSS Data

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score
7.8
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
Base Severity
HIGH
CVSS Vector String

The CVSS vector string provides an in-depth view of the vulnerability metrics.

View Vector String

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

References

https://github.com/ security@ubuntu.com
https://www.cve.org/ security@ubuntu.com
https://www.qualys.com/ security@ubuntu.com