Vigil@nce - Ubuntu 18: file reading via OverlayFS
January 2019 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
– Impacted products: Ubuntu.
– Severity: 2/4.
– Consequences: data reading.
– Provenance: user shell.
– Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
– Creation date: 30/11/2018.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
A local attacker can read a file via OverlayFS of Ubuntu 18, in
order to obtain sensitive information.
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