CVE-2024-38531 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2024-38531 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 28/06/2024 | CVE Updated: 02/08/2024 | CVE Year: 2024
Source: GitHub_M | Vendor: NixOS | Product: nix
Status : PUBLISHED

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CVE-2024-38531 Description

Nix is a package manager for Linux and other Unix systems that makes package management reliable and reproducible. A build process has access to and can change the permissions of the build directory. After creating a setuid binary in a globally accessible location, a malicious local user can assume the permissions of a Nix daemon worker and hijack all future builds. This issue was patched in version(s) 2.23.1, 2.22.2, 2.21.3, 2.20.7, 2.19.5 and 2.18.4.

Metrics

CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: 3.6 LOW
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

l➤ Exploitability Metrics:
    Attack Vector (AV)* LOCAL
    Attack Complexity (AC)* HIGH
    Privileges Required (PR)* LOW
    User Interaction (UI)* NONE
    Scope (S)* UNCHANGED

l➤ Impact Metrics:
    Confidentiality Impact (C)* NONE
    Integrity Impact (I)* LOW
    Availability Impact (A)* LOW

Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-ID: CWE-278
CWE Name: CWE-278: Insecure Preserved Inherited Permissions
Source: NixOS

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).