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DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1079

DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1079 PUBLISHED CVSS 6.5 MEDIUM

pcs before version 0.9.164 and 0.10 is vulnerable to a privilege escalation via authorized user malicious REST call. The REST interface of the pcsd service did not properly sanitize the file name from the /remote/put_file query. If the /etc/booth directory exists, an authenticated attacker with write permissions could create or overwrite arbitrary files with arbitrary data outside of the /etc/booth directory, in the context of the pcsd process.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0
6.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:14pcs0, 0, 0
Debian:11pcs0, 0, 0
Debian:12pcs0, 0, 0
Debian:13pcs0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Apr 12, 2018 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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