Google gVisor 2018-08-22/2018-08-23/2018-11-01/20241028.0 runsc privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Google gVisor and classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component runsc. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2025-2713. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google gVisor and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown part of the component runsc. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Google gVisor's runsc component exhibited a local privilege escalation vulnerability due to incorrect handling of file access permissions, which allowed unprivileged users to access restricted files. This occurred because the process initially ran with root-like permissions until the first fork.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-2713 since 03/24/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 20250319.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-8644). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: gVisor 20250319.0

Timelineinfo

03/24/2025 🔍
03/28/2025 +4 days 🔍
03/28/2025 +0 days 🔍
08/13/2025 +138 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: github.com

Advisory: 586c38d70081b13b2ed494cef48e99b93956843e
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-2713 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-2713
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-301955
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/28/2025 17:20
Updated: 08/13/2025 12:40
Changes: 03/28/2025 17:20 (68), 08/01/2025 19:35 (12), 08/13/2025 12:40 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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