CVE-2019-15789

Privilege escalation vulnerability in MicroK8s allows a low privilege user with local access to obtain root access to the host by provisioning a privileged container. Fixed in MicroK8s 1.15.3.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
8.8 HIGH
LOCAL
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
canonicalCNA
8.8 HIGH
LOCAL
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVEADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 13%
VendorProductVersion
canonicalmicrok8s
𝑥
< 1.15.3
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= Vulnerable software versions
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/explicit-use-of-sudo-in-microk8s-cli/7605
https://github.com/ubuntu/microk8s/pull/590
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2019/CVE-2019-15789.html
https://pulsesecurity.co.nz/advisories/microk8s-privilege-escalation
https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/explicit-use-of-sudo-in-microk8s-cli/7605
https://github.com/ubuntu/microk8s/pull/590
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2019/CVE-2019-15789.html
https://pulsesecurity.co.nz/advisories/microk8s-privilege-escalation