CVE-2020-15708
Libvirt Service Arbitrary File Write Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: November 6, 2020 at 01:40 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:57 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorUbuntu Linux
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
Ubuntu's packaging of libvirt in 20.04 LTS created a control socket with world read and write permissions. An attacker could use this to overwrite arbitrary files or execute arbitrary code.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%v < 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.320.04
Affected range stops below 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (1)
CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-732
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