Privilege Escalation Affecting microsoft.netcore.app.runtime.win-x86 package, versions [6.0.0,6.0.18) [7.0.0,7.0.7)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity
    Proof of concept
    EPSS
    0.06% (25th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DOTNET-MICROSOFTNETCOREAPPRUNTIMEWINX86-5707854
  • published 14 Jun 2023
  • disclosed 14 Jun 2023
  • credit Tom Deseyn

How to fix?

Upgrade Microsoft.NETCore.App.Runtime.win-x86 to version 6.0.18, 7.0.7 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Privilege Escalation. A vulnerability exists in .NET using extracting the contents of a Tar file which may result in elevation of privileges.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
6.5 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    High
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High
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NVD

6.5 medium
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Red Hat

6.5 medium