Description

A vulnerability exists in the chroot utility of uutils coreutils when using the --userspec option. The utility resolves the user specification via getpwnam() after entering the chroot but before dropping root privileges. On glibc-based systems, this can trigger the Name Service Switch (NSS) to load shared libraries (e.g., libnss_*.so.2) from the new root directory. If the NEWROOT is writable by an attacker, they can inject a malicious NSS module to execute arbitrary code as root, facilitating a full container escape or privilege escalation.

Type de vulnérabilité

• CWE-426

Vecteur d'attaque

Complexité : HIGH

Privilèges requis : LOW

Interaction utilisateur : NONE

Impact

• Confidentialité : HIGH
• Intégrité : HIGH
• Disponibilité : HIGH

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