Description

In GNU Coreutils through 8.29, chown-core.c in chown and chgrp does not prevent replacement of a plain file with a symlink during use of the POSIX "-R -L" options, which allows local users to modify the ownership of arbitrary files by leveraging a race condition.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 4, 2018, 4:29 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 3:19 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.0
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2017-18018 has a 17 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2017-18018 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Gnu coreutils
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2017-18018.

URL Resource
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/2017-12/msg00045.html Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/2017-12/msg00045.html Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2017-18018 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2017-18018 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/2017-12/msg00045.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 19, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/2017-12/msg00045.html No Types Assigned http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/2017-12/msg00045.html Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-362
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 8.29
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2017-18018 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2017-18018 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

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score

0.05635

percentile

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