CVE-2023-5536

Published Dec 12, 2023

Last updated a year ago

CVSS medium 6.4

Overview

Description: A feature in LXD (LP#1829071), affects the default configuration of Ubuntu Server which allows privileged users in the lxd group to escalate their privilege to root without requiring a sudo password.
Source: security@ubuntu.com
NVD status: Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 6.4
Impact score: 5.9
Exploitability score: 0.5
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: MEDIUM

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-276

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "B9B542C8-8ABA-4985-A157-8E24F43CE6DB",
            "versionEndExcluding": "24.04"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References