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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-16877

A local attacker could use this flaw, and combine it with other IPC weaknesses, to achieve local privilege escalation.

HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.40%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.40%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

A flaw was found in the way pacemaker's client-server authentication was implemented in versions up to and including 2.0.0. A local attacker could use this flaw, and combine it with other IPC weaknesses, to achieve local privilege escalation.

CVSS 3.1
7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.40% probability · 34th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-287
Affected
clusterlabs/pacemaker · canonical/ubuntu linux · fedoraproject/fedora · debian/debian linux · opensuse/leap · redhat/enterprise linux · redhat/enterprise linux eus · redhat/enterprise linux server aus · redhat/enterprise linux server tus
Source
secalert@redhat.com

References

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