VDB
RHSA-2018%3A1352
RHSA-2018%3A1352
PUBLISHED
CVSS 6.5 MEDIUM
Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
6.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat:rhel_aus:5.9 | kernel-xen | 0, 0 |
| Red Hat:rhel_aus:5.9 | kernel-debug-devel | 0, 0 |
| Red Hat:rhel_aus:5.9 | kernel-devel | 0, 0 |
| Red Hat:rhel_aus:5.9 | kernel-xen-devel | 0, 0 |
| Red Hat:rhel_aus:5.9 | kernel-debug | 0, 0 |
| Red Hat:rhel_aus:5.9 | kernel-xen-debuginfo | 0, 0 |
| Red Hat:rhel_aus:5.9 | kernel-headers | 0, 0 |
| Red Hat:rhel_aus:5.9 | kernel-debuginfo | 0, 0 |
| Red Hat:rhel_aus:5.9 | kernel-debuginfo-common | 0, 0 |
| Red Hat:rhel_aus:5.9 | kernel-PAE-devel | 0, 0 |
| Red Hat:rhel_aus:5.9 | kernel-PAE-debuginfo | 0, 0 |
| Red Hat:rhel_aus:5.9 | kernel | 0, 0 |
| Red Hat:rhel_aus:5.9 | kernel-debug-debuginfo | 0, 0 |
| Red Hat:rhel_aus:5.9 | kernel-doc | 0, 0 |
| Red Hat:rhel_aus:5.9 | kernel-PAE | 0, 0 |
Exploit Intelligence
- Implements the POP/MOV SS (CVE-2018-8897) vulnerability by leveraging SYSCALL to perform a local privilege escalation (LPE). (github-poc)
- Implements the POP/MOV SS (CVE-2018-8897) vulnerability by leveraging SYSCALL to perform a local privilege escalation (LPE). (github-poc)
- Arbitrary code execution with kernel privileges using CVE-2018-8897. (github-poc)
- Arbitrary code execution with kernel privileges using CVE-2018-8897. (github-poc)
- The exploitation for CVE-2018-8897 (github-poc)
- The exploitation for CVE-2018-8897 (github-poc)
- Implements the POP/MOV SS (CVE-2018-8897) vulnerability by bugchecking the machine (local DoS). (github-poc)
- Implements the POP/MOV SS (CVE-2018-8897) vulnerability by bugchecking the machine (local DoS). (github-poc)
- CVE-2018-8897.yara (github-yara)
- CVE-2018-8897.yara (github-yara)
Timeline
- May 8, 2018 CVE Published
- Feb 13, 2025 PoC Published
- Nov 21, 2025 CVE Updated
- Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
- Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
- Apr 30, 2026 Security Advisory
- Apr 30, 2026 Security Advisory
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1352 advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate article
- https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/pop_ss article
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1567074 report
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2018/rhsa-2018_1352.json advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-8897 report
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-8897 advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8897 advisory