Privilege Escalation via Insecure Permissions in Singularity 3.1.0 to 3.2.0-rc2

Privilege Escalation via Insecure Permissions in Singularity 3.1.0 to 3.2.0-rc2

CVE-2019-11328 · HIGH Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

An issue was discovered in Singularity 3.1.0 to 3.2.0-rc2, a malicious user with local/network access to the host system (e.g. ssh) could exploit this vulnerability due to insecure permissions allowing a user to edit files within `/run/singularity/instances/sing/<user>/<instance>`. The manipulation of those files can change the behavior of the starter-suid program when instances are joined resulting in potential privilege escalation on the host.

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