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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-16597

Incorrect access checking in overlayfs mounts could be used by local attackers to modify or truncate files in the underlying filesystem.

MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.54%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.54%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.8. Incorrect access checking in overlayfs mounts could be used by local attackers to modify or truncate files in the underlying filesystem.

CVSS 3.0
5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS
0.54% probability · 44th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-863
Affected
linux/linux kernel · netapp/active iq performance analytics services · netapp/element software · opensuse/leap
Source
cve@mitre.org

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