CWE Code: 264
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 9.0
CWE Name:  Permissions Privileges and Access Controls
Summary: 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.
Access Authentication: SINGLE
Access Complexity: LOW
Access Vector: NETWORK
Impact (C/I/A): COMPLETE/COMPLETE/COMPLETE
Published Date: 2019-05-14
Last Modified Date: 2019-05-25