VDB
CVE-2018-8885
CVE-2018-8885
PUBLISHED
screenresolution-mechanism in screen-resolution-extra 0.17.2 does not properly use the PolicyKit D-Bus API, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a race condition via a setuid or pkexec process that is mishandled in a PolicyKitService._check_permission call.
EPSS 0.04% · 12.3th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.04%
12.3th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | screen-resolution-extra | 0, 0.17.1 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | screen-resolution-extra | 0, 0.15ubuntu1, 0.16 |
Exploit Intelligence
- USN-3607-1 (circl)
Timeline
- Mar 26, 2018 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 27, 2021 EPSS Score
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 28, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 2, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 5, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 8, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-8885 third-party-advisory
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/1753772 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3607-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-8885 third-party-advisory