7.0
HIGH
CVE-2019-19921
runc Incorrect Access Control Escalation of Privileges Vulnerability
Description

runc through 1.0.0-rc9 has Incorrect Access Control leading to Escalation of Privileges, related to libcontainer/rootfs_linux.go. To exploit this, an attacker must be able to spawn two containers with custom volume-mount configurations, and be able to run custom images. (This vulnerability does not affect Docker due to an implementation detail that happens to block the attack.)

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 12, 2020, 3:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 3:07 a.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.0
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2019-19921 has a 5 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-19921 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Opensuse leap
1 Redhat openshift_container_platform
1 Linuxfoundation runc
: Total Affected Vendor : 5 | Products : 5
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2019-19921.

URL Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00018.html Broken Link Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0688 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0695 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/issues/2197 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/pull/2190 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/releases Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/03/msg00023.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ANUGDBJ7NBUMSUFZUSKU3ZMQYZ2Z3STN/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DHGVGGMKGZSJ7YO67TGGPFEHBYMS63VF/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FNB2UEDIIJCRQW4WJLZOPQJZXCVSXMLD/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FYVE3GB4OG3BNT5DLQHYO4M5SXX33AQ5/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/I6BF24VCZRFTYBTT3T7HDZUOTKOTNPLZ/
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-19921 Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-21 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4297-1/ Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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C-friendly API to make path resolution safer on Linux.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2019-19921 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-19921 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DHGVGGMKGZSJ7YO67TGGPFEHBYMS63VF/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FYVE3GB4OG3BNT5DLQHYO4M5SXX33AQ5/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/I6BF24VCZRFTYBTT3T7HDZUOTKOTNPLZ/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ANUGDBJ7NBUMSUFZUSKU3ZMQYZ2Z3STN/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FNB2UEDIIJCRQW4WJLZOPQJZXCVSXMLD/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/DHGVGGMKGZSJ7YO67TGGPFEHBYMS63VF/
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FYVE3GB4OG3BNT5DLQHYO4M5SXX33AQ5/
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/I6BF24VCZRFTYBTT3T7HDZUOTKOTNPLZ/
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ANUGDBJ7NBUMSUFZUSKU3ZMQYZ2Z3STN/
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FNB2UEDIIJCRQW4WJLZOPQJZXCVSXMLD/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 16, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ANUGDBJ7NBUMSUFZUSKU3ZMQYZ2Z3STN/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FNB2UEDIIJCRQW4WJLZOPQJZXCVSXMLD/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 21, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FYVE3GB4OG3BNT5DLQHYO4M5SXX33AQ5/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/I6BF24VCZRFTYBTT3T7HDZUOTKOTNPLZ/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 21, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/DHGVGGMKGZSJ7YO67TGGPFEHBYMS63VF/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 27, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/03/msg00023.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 01, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00018.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00018.html Broken Link, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0688 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0688 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0695 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0695 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-21 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-21 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/4297-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/4297-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 18, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 18, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4297-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 15, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-21 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 13, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0695 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 11, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0688 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 25, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00018.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00018.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/issues/2197 No Types Assigned https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/issues/2197 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/pull/2190 No Types Assigned https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/pull/2190 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/releases No Types Assigned https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/releases Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-19921 No Types Assigned https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-19921 Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-706
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:runc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 0.1.1 *cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:runc:1.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:runc:1.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:runc:1.0.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:runc:1.0.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:runc:1.0.0:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:runc:1.0.0:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:runc:1.0.0:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:runc:1.0.0:rc8:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:runc:1.0.0:rc9:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 14, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00018.html [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2019-19921 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2019-19921 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.05 }} 0.00%

score

0.14042

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
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