VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-15918
This makes privilege escalation trivial and also exposes the user and system keychains to local attacks.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 1.15%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.15%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Sera 1.2 stores the user's login password in plain text in their home directory. This makes privilege escalation trivial and also exposes the user and system keychains to local attacks.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.15% probability · 65th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-522
- Affected
- ignitum/sera
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201715918-sera-12-local-root-privesc-and-password-disclosure.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43221/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201715918-sera-12-local-root-privesc-and-password-disclosure.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43221/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.