CVE-2024-42472
Severity
10.0CRITICAL
EPSS
6.5%
top 8.86%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedAug 15
Latest updateSep 30
Description
Flatpak is a Linux application sandboxing and distribution framework. Prior to versions 1.14.0 and 1.15.10, a malicious or compromised Flatpak app using persistent directories could access and write files outside of what it would otherwise have access to, which is an attack on integrity and confidentiality.
When `persistent=subdir` is used in the application permissions (represented as `--persist=subdir` in the command-line interface), that means that an application which otherwise doesn't have…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.8
Affected Packages4 packages
Also affects: Debian Linux 11.0