CVE-2019-17365 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Nix through version 2.3, affecting NixOS and Nix. The flaw stems from the world-writable parent directory of user-profile directories, allowing local users to gain unauthorized access to other user accounts. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) has a low attack complexity and can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion has been observed, organizations using affected Nix versions should address this weakness.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nixos:nix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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