CVE-2022-3328 describes a race condition vulnerability within snap-confine's must_mkdir_and_open_with_perms() function, impacting Canonical snapd and Ubuntu Linux. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.0) requires local access and high attack complexity, but successful exploitation could lead to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog and lacking public exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, including an article detailing its potential use in a privilege escalation chain.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.61.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:canonical:snapd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* | ||
18.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* | ||
20.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
22.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.1 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.