Description
In Flatpak before 0.8.7, a third-party app repository could include malicious apps that contain files with inappropriate permissions, for example setuid or world-writable. The files are deployed with those permissions, which would let a local attacker run the setuid executable or write to the world-writable location. In the case of the "system helper" component, files deployed as part of the app are owned by root, so in the worst case they could be setuid root.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/issues/845
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.debian.org/865413
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99346
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3895
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0004
EPSS Percentile
12.8%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-732
Status
published
Products (2)
debian/debian_linux
9.0
flatpak/flatpak
< 0.8.6
Published
Jun 21, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026