Medium severity · published May 17, 2019
CVE-2019-8339
An issue was discovered in Falco through 0.14.0
5.5
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in Falco through 0.14.0. A missing indicator for insufficient resources allows local users to bypass the detection engine.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 46% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FA
Falco · Falco
through 0.14.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-8339
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-8339
Vendor Advisory
https://falco.org/docs/event-sources/dropped-events/
Patch
https://github.com/falcosecurity/falco/pull/561
Vendor Advisory
https://sysdig.com/blog/cve-2019-8339-falco-vulnerability/
Exploit
https://www.twistlock.com/labs-blog/falco-vulnerability-cve-2019-8339/
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