CVE-2019-3844 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in systemd services utilizing the DynamicUser property, affecting canonical, NetApp, and systemd_project. A local attacker can exploit this flaw by leveraging SUID binaries to create setgid binaries owned by a service's transient group, potentially gaining access to resources of future services when GIDs are recycled. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8 due to its low attack complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, an ExploitDB proof-of-concept (EDB-46760) exists, though community discussion and media coverage are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 242CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
18.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
19.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netapp:hci_management_node:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
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CVE-2019-3844
Aug 11, 2020systemd: services with DynamicUser can get new privileges and create SGID binaries
Apr 25, 2019It was discovered that a systemd service that uses DynamicUser property can get new privileges through the execution of SUID binaries which would allow to create binaries owned by the service transient group with the setgid bit set. A local attacker may use this flaw to access resources that will be owned by a potentially different service in the future when the GID will be recycled.
Apr 9, 2019