GO-2020-0027

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    GO-2020-0027

    Published: 14 Apr 2021Last Modified: 20 May 2024

    Summary: Privilege escalation in github.com/google/fscrypt

    Details: After dropping and then elevating process privileges euid, guid, and groups are not properly restored to their original values, allowing an unprivileged user to gain membership in the root group.

    References: https://github.com/google/fscrypt/commit/3022c1603d968c22f147b4a2c49c4637dd1be91b, https://github.com/google/fscrypt/issues/77

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: github.com/google/fscrypt

    Purl: pkg:golang/github.com/google/fscrypt

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.2.4

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High