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
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105748Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/10517/commitsPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-10Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3816-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45715/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105748Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/10517/commitsPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-10Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3816-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45715/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.