VDB
CVE-2018-6558
CVE-2018-6558
PUBLISHED
CVSS 6.5 MEDIUM
The pam_fscrypt module in fscrypt before 0.2.4 may incorrectly restore primary and supplementary group IDs to the values associated with the root user, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a successful login through certain applications that use Linux-PAM (aka pam).
EPSS 0.62% · 49.2th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
6.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score
0.62%
49.2th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | fscrypt | 0, 0.2.2-0ubuntu2 |
Timeline
- Aug 23, 2018 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 26, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 28, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 31, 2021 EPSS Score
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 7, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 14, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 17, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6558 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-6558 advisory