VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-14036
Directory Traversal with ../ sequences occurs in AccountsService before 0.6.50 because of an insufficient path check in user_change_icon_file_authorized_cb() in user.c.
MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 3.09%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.09%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Directory Traversal with ../ sequences occurs in AccountsService before 0.6.50 because of an insufficient path check in user_change_icon_file_authorized_cb() in user.c.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 3.09% probability · 87th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- freedesktop/accountsservice
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/07/02/2Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104757Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107085Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1099699Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/commit/?id=f9abd359f71a5bce421b9ae23432f539a067847aPatch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/07/02/2Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104757Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107085Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1099699Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/commit/?id=f9abd359f71a5bce421b9ae23432f539a067847aPatch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.