Privilege Escalation Affecting github.com/google/fscrypt/pam package, versions <0.2.4


0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Integrity High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.11% (43rd percentile)
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NVD
6.5 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMGOOGLEFSCRYPTPAM-50083
  • published 29 Aug 2018
  • disclosed 22 Jan 2018
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/google/fscrypt/pam to version 0.2.4 or higher.

Overview

github.com/google/fscrypt/pam is a Go tool for managing Linux filesystem encryption.

Affected versions of the package are vulnerable to Privilege Escalation. It incorrectly restored primary and supplementary group IDs to the values associated with the root user, which allowed attackers to gain privileges via a successful login through certain applications that use Linux-PAM (aka pam).