VDB
CVE-2017-18188
CVE-2017-18188
PUBLISHED
CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM
OpenRC opentmpfiles through 0.1.3, when the fs.protected_hardlinks sysctl is turned off, allows local users to obtain ownership of arbitrary files by creating a hard link inside a directory on which "chown -R" will be run.
EPSS 0.40% · 32.7th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score
0.40%
32.7th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | opentmpfiles | 0, 0.2+2019.05.21.git.44a55796ba-2 |
Timeline
- Feb 14, 2018 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 28, 2021 EPSS Score
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 28, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 2, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 7, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 9, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-18188 third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/OpenRC/opentmpfiles/issues/3 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-18188 third-party-advisory