Description
Google gVisor's runsc component exhibited a local privilege escalation vulnerability due to incorrect handling of file access permissions, which allowed unprivileged users to access restricted files. This occurred because the process initially ran with root-like permissions until the first fork.
CVSS breakdown
CVSS 4.0
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
Present
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality (Vulnerable System)
High
Integrity (Vulnerable System)
None
Availability (Vulnerable System)
None
Confidentiality (Subsequent System)
High
Integrity (Subsequent System)
None
Availability (Subsequent System)
None
Affected products
- Google / gVisorrelease-20250319.0 – release-20250319.0