Description
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.
Published: 2025-03-28
Score: 6.8 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-8644 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.
History

Mon, 08 Sep 2025 10:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-269

Mon, 08 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-266

Fri, 01 Aug 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:google:gvisor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


Fri, 28 Mar 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 28 Mar 2025 15:45:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title Improper File Permission Handling in Google gVisor runsc
Weaknesses CWE-269
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Google

Published:

Updated: 2025-09-08T09:47:48.152Z

Reserved: 2025-03-24T11:35:56.590Z

Link: CVE-2025-2713

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-03-28T16:14:32.921Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-03-28T16:15:30.043

Modified: 2025-09-26T17:16:51.367

Link: CVE-2025-2713

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-07-12T15:26:07Z

Weaknesses