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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-15687

A race condition in chown_one() of systemd allows an attacker to cause systemd to set arbitrary permissions on arbitrary files.

HIGH 7.0EPSS 1.06%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.06%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

A race condition in chown_one() of systemd allows an attacker to cause systemd to set arbitrary permissions on arbitrary files. Affected releases are systemd versions up to and including 239.

CVSS 3.1
7.0 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
1.06% probability · 63th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-362
Affected
canonical/ubuntu linux · systemd project/systemd
Source
security@ubuntu.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.