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CVE-2019-15793

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5 EPSS 0.69%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2020-04-24 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.5. It affects Linux, Ubuntu.

CVE
CVE-2019-15793
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.5
EPSS
0.69%
Linux Ubuntu

Original NVD Description

In shiftfs, a non-upstream patch to the Linux kernel included in the Ubuntu 5.0 and 5.3 kernel series, several locations which shift ids translate user/group ids before performing operations in the lower filesystem were translating them into init_user_ns, whereas they should have been translated into the s_user_ns for the lower filesystem. This resulted in using ids other than the intended ones in the lower fs, which likely did not map into the shifts s_user_ns. A local attacker could use this to possibly bypass discretionary access control permissions.

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