CVE-2020-11934

Sandbox escape vulnerability via snapctl user-open (xdg-open)

Published Jul 29, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 5.9 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
It was discovered that snapctl user-open allowed altering the $XDG_DATA_DIRS environment variable when calling the system xdg-open. OpenURL() in usersession/userd/launcher.go would alter $XDG_DATA_DIRS to append a path to a directory controlled by the calling snap. A malicious snap could exploit this to bypass intended access restrictions to control how the host system xdg-open script opens the URL and, for example, execute a script shipped with the snap without confinement. This issue did not affect Ubuntu Core systems. Fixed in snapd versions 2.45.1ubuntu0.2, 2.45.1+18.04.2 and 2.45.1+20.04.2.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-4271 It was discovered that snapctl user-open allowed altering the $XDG_DATA_DIRS environment variable when calling the system xdg-open. OpenURL() in usersession/userd/launcher.go would alter $XDG_DATA_DIRS to append a path to a directory controlled by the calling snap. A malicious snap could exploit this to bypass intended access restrictions to control how the host system xdg-open script opens the URL and, for example, execute a script shipped with the snap without confinement. This issue did not affect Ubuntu Core systems. Fixed in snapd versions 2.45.1ubuntu0.2, 2.45.1+18.04.2 and 2.45.1+20.04.2.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4424-1 snapd vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
canonical
Published
Updated
Sep 17, 2024, 4:04 AM
Reserved
Apr 20, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jul 29, 2020, 5:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:51 AM