Vigil@nce - Flatpak: privilege escalation via Sandbox Escape
March 2021 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/?langue=2
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Debian, Fedora.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: privileged access/rights, user access/rights.
Provenance: document.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 14/01/2021.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker, inside a guest system, can bypass restrictions via
Sandbox Escape of Flatpak, in order to escalate his privileges on
the host system.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Flatpak-privilege-escalation-via-Sandbox-Escape-34352