8.8
HIGH
CVE-2018-1058
Postgresql Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description

A flaw was found in the way Postgresql allowed a user to modify the behavior of a query for other users. An attacker with a user account could use this flaw to execute code with the permissions of superuser in the database. Versions 9.3 through 10 are affected.

INFO

Published Date :

March 2, 2018, 3:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 3:59 a.m.

Source :

secalert@redhat.com

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2018-1058 has a 18 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-2018-1058 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 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Redhat cloudforms
1 Postgresql postgresql
: Total Affected Vendor : 3 | Products : 3
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-2018-1058.

URL Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103221 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2511 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2566 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3816 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1547044 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3589-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1834/ Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103221 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2511 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2566 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3816 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1547044 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3589-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1834/ Vendor 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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TerraformFoundation/terraform-azurerm-db-postgresql-flexible

Terraform module composition (feature) for Azure PostGreSQL Flexible Database

HCL

Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : March 2, 2025, 11:08 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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TerraformFoundation/terraform-azurerm-db-postgresql

[Deprecated] Terraform module composition (feature) for Azure PostGreSQL Database

HCL

Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : March 2, 2025, 9:01 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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csbysj/Z5yUkptp

基于Docker-Compose的预构建漏洞环境设计源码 Docker-Compose 漏洞环境 Java Python Shell 该项目是一套基于Docker-Compose的预构建漏洞环境设计源码，涵盖了1684个文件，其中包括405个PNG图像文件、319个Markdown文档、218个YAML配置文件、68个Java源文件、67个Python脚本、62个Shell脚本、53个XML文件、34个PHP文件以及多个Dockerfile。该环境集成了Java, Python, Shell, PHP, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Ruby等多种编程语言，旨在为安全研究提供易用的漏洞测试平台。

Updated: 4 months, 2 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Nov. 29, 2024, 4:05 a.m. This repo has been linked 127 different CVEs too.
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XiaomingX/awesome-poc-for-red-team

A curated collection of Proof of Concept (PoC) tools, scripts, and techniques designed for red team operations, penetration testing, and cybersecurity research. This repository focuses on providing practical resources for exploring vulnerabilities

attack cybersecurity exp hw penetration-testing poc red-team security-tools vulnerability-poc

Updated: 2 months, 3 weeks ago
5 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : Nov. 17, 2024, 11:53 a.m. This repo has been linked 414 different CVEs too.
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J1ezds/Vulnerability-Wiki-page

这是一个每天同步Vulnerability-Wiki中docs-base中内容的项目

HTML

Updated: 1 day, 17 hours ago
3 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Sept. 20, 2024, 3:27 a.m. This repo has been linked 234 different CVEs too.
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q99266/saury-vulnhub

日积月累 漏洞库

Updated: 11 months, 3 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : April 21, 2024, 5:03 a.m. This repo has been linked 28 different CVEs too.
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bakery312/Vulhub-Reproduce

None

Updated: 3 months, 3 weeks ago
3 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : Jan. 26, 2024, 10:07 a.m. This repo has been linked 161 different CVEs too.
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hxysaury/saury-vulnhub

日积月累 漏洞库

Updated: 8 months, 4 weeks ago
9 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : Dec. 15, 2023, 9:20 a.m. This repo has been linked 28 different CVEs too.
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claranet/terraform-postgresql-database-configuration

Terraform module for PostgreSQL configuration/tunning on an existing Database

claranet module postgresql terraform

HCL

Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago
0 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : Jan. 6, 2023, 10:40 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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Threekiii/Vulhub-Reproduce

一个Vulhub漏洞复现知识库

vulnerability exploit

Updated: 7 months, 1 week ago
448 stars 87 fork 87 watcher
Born at : March 3, 2022, 8:38 a.m. This repo has been linked 171 different CVEs too.
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Threekiii/Awesome-POC

一个漏洞 PoC 知识库。A knowledge base for vulnerability PoCs(Proof of Concept), with 1k+ vulnerabilities.

poc

Dockerfile

Updated: 1 day, 7 hours ago
4071 stars 830 fork 830 watcher
Born at : Feb. 20, 2022, 6:43 a.m. This repo has been linked 438 different CVEs too.
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SexyBeast233/SecBooks

安全类各家文库大乱斗

HTML CSS JavaScript Go Python Shell C

Updated: 2 days, 15 hours ago
1131 stars 276 fork 276 watcher
Born at : Feb. 15, 2022, 3:14 a.m. This repo has been linked 568 different CVEs too.
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claranet/terraform-azurerm-db-postgresql-flexible

Terraform module composition (feature) for Azure PostGreSQL Flexible Database

module azure claranet terraform

HCL

Updated: 1 week, 4 days ago
10 stars 6 fork 6 watcher
Born at : Feb. 9, 2022, 4:34 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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Imangazaliev/web-server-configuration

Шпаргалка по настройке веб-сервера

Updated: 3 years, 4 months ago
2 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Oct. 13, 2021, 2:06 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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stilet/postgraphile-simple-express-starter

Simple, clean and empty express postgraphile starter

Shell HTML JavaScript TypeScript

Updated: 3 years ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 9, 2021, 5:40 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

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

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-1058 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-1058 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://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103221
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2511
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2566
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3816
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1547044
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3589-1/
    Added Reference https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1834/
  • CVE Modified by secalert@redhat.com

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by nvd@nist.gov

    Jan. 19, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.3 up to (including) 10.0 OR *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.3 up to (excluding) 9.3.22 *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.4 up to (excluding) 9.4.17 *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.5 up to (excluding) 9.5.12 *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.6 up to (excluding) 9.6.8 *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 10.0 up to (excluding) 10.3
  • CVE Modified by secalert@redhat.com

    Oct. 09, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-20
  • CWE Remap by nvd@nist.gov

    Oct. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-264 NVD-CWE-noinfo
  • Modified Analysis by nvd@nist.gov

    Mar. 25, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3816 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3816 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1547044 Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1547044 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2511 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2511 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2566 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2566 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3589-1/ Patch, Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3589-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cloudforms:4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by secalert@redhat.com

    Dec. 14, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3816 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by secalert@redhat.com

    Aug. 28, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2566 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by secalert@redhat.com

    Aug. 21, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2511 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by nvd@nist.gov

    Mar. 22, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1834/ No Types Assigned https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1834/ Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1547044 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1547044 Issue Tracking
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103221 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103221 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3589-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3589-1/ Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-264
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.3 up to (including) 10.0
  • CVE Modified by secalert@redhat.com

    Mar. 16, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3589-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by secalert@redhat.com

    Mar. 07, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103221 [No Types Assigned]
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-2018-1058 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-2018-1058 weaknesses.

CAPEC-3: Using Leading 'Ghost' Character Sequences to Bypass Input Filters Using Leading 'Ghost' Character Sequences to Bypass Input Filters CAPEC-7: Blind SQL Injection Blind SQL Injection CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-13: Subverting Environment Variable Values Subverting Environment Variable Values CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-22: Exploiting Trust in Client Exploiting Trust in Client CAPEC-23: File Content Injection File Content Injection CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-28: Fuzzing Fuzzing CAPEC-31: Accessing/Intercepting/Modifying HTTP Cookies Accessing/Intercepting/Modifying HTTP Cookies CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-43: Exploiting Multiple Input Interpretation Layers Exploiting Multiple Input Interpretation Layers CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-52: Embedding NULL Bytes Embedding NULL Bytes CAPEC-53: Postfix, Null Terminate, and Backslash Postfix, Null Terminate, and Backslash CAPEC-63: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) CAPEC-64: Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic CAPEC-67: String Format Overflow in syslog() String Format Overflow in syslog() CAPEC-71: Using Unicode Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic Using Unicode Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic CAPEC-72: URL Encoding URL Encoding CAPEC-73: User-Controlled Filename User-Controlled Filename CAPEC-78: Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate Encoding Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate Encoding CAPEC-79: Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding CAPEC-80: Using UTF-8 Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic Using UTF-8 Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic CAPEC-81: Web Server Logs Tampering Web Server Logs Tampering CAPEC-83: XPath Injection XPath Injection CAPEC-85: AJAX Footprinting AJAX Footprinting CAPEC-88: OS Command Injection OS Command Injection CAPEC-101: Server Side Include (SSI) Injection Server Side Include (SSI) Injection CAPEC-104: Cross Zone Scripting Cross Zone Scripting CAPEC-108: Command Line Execution through SQL Injection Command Line Execution through SQL Injection CAPEC-109: Object Relational Mapping Injection Object Relational Mapping Injection CAPEC-110: SQL Injection through SOAP Parameter Tampering SQL Injection through SOAP Parameter Tampering CAPEC-120: Double Encoding Double Encoding CAPEC-135: Format String Injection Format String Injection CAPEC-136: LDAP Injection LDAP Injection CAPEC-153: Input Data Manipulation Input Data Manipulation CAPEC-182: Flash Injection Flash Injection CAPEC-209: XSS Using MIME Type Mismatch XSS Using MIME Type Mismatch CAPEC-230: Serialized Data with Nested Payloads Serialized Data with Nested Payloads CAPEC-231: Oversized Serialized Data Payloads Oversized Serialized Data Payloads CAPEC-250: XML Injection XML Injection CAPEC-261: Fuzzing for garnering other adjacent user/sensitive data Fuzzing for garnering other adjacent user/sensitive data CAPEC-267: Leverage Alternate Encoding Leverage Alternate Encoding CAPEC-473: Signature Spoof Signature Spoof CAPEC-588: DOM-Based XSS DOM-Based XSS CAPEC-664: Server Side Request Forgery Server Side Request Forgery
Exploit Prediction

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

81.57 }} 0.64%

score

0.99141

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
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