CVE-2017-18018
"GNU Coreutils Path Traversal"
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 :
Jan. 19, 2018, 3:46 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
1.0
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2017-18018 has a 14 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.
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 |
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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HCL
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C# Dockerfile HTML JavaScript CSS
image docker à partir de l'api rust
Rust Makefile Dockerfile
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TypeScript
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TypeScript
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JavaScript
Terraform AWS demo using EKS
Dockerfile HCL HTML
Map Vulnerabilities into Different Layers of the Container Image
Python
Use SQL to instantly query advisories, vulnerabilities, packages, findings and more using Trivy. Open source CLI. No DB required.
postgresql sql steampipe steampipe-plugin trivy hacktoberfest postgresql-fdw backup etl sqlite zero-etl
Makefile PLSQL Go
Kubernetes Operator based on the open-source container vulnerability scanner Trivy.
kopf python python3 kubernetes trivy operator kubernetes-operator kubernetes-operators admission-control admission-controller admission-controlers python-kubernetes
Shell Dockerfile Python Makefile Smarty
A command line tool which provides an alternative interface to snyk test
snyk
Makefile Dockerfile Crystal Open Policy Agent
Free Docker Vulnerability Scanning for CI/CD integration
JavaScript
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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.
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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
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.
0.04 }} 0.00%
score
0.05635
percentile