CVE-2021-44730 — snapd could be made to escalate privileges and run programs as administrator
snapd 2.54.2 did not properly validate the location of the snap-confine binary. A local attacker who can hardlink this binary to another location to cause snap-confine to execut…
Published: 2022-02-17 · CVSS: 7.8 · CVSS 3.1
snapd 2.54.2 did not properly validate the location of the snap-confine binary. A local attacker who can hardlink this binary to another location to cause snap-confine to execute other arbitrary binaries and hence gain privilege escalation. Fixed in snapd versions 2.54.3+18.04, 2.54.3+20.04 and 2.54.3+21.10.1
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7