9.8
CRITICAL
CVE-2018-14043
mstdlib File Access Control Write-What-Where
Description

mstdlib (aka the M Standard Library for C) 1.2.0 has incorrect file access control in situations where M_fs_perms_can_access attempts to delete an existing file (that lacks public read/write access) during a copy operation, related to fs/m_fs.c and fs/m_fs_path.c. An attacker could create the file and then would have access to the data.

INFO

Published Date :

July 13, 2018, 2:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 3, 2019, 12:03 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-14043 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 Monetra mstdlib
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://github.com/Monetra/mstdlib/commit/db124b8f607dd0a40a9aef2d4d468fad433522a7 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/Monetra/mstdlib/issues/2 Third Party Advisory

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-284 CWE-264 CWE-732
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 11, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/Monetra/mstdlib/commit/db124b8f607dd0a40a9aef2d4d468fad433522a7 No Types Assigned https://github.com/Monetra/mstdlib/commit/db124b8f607dd0a40a9aef2d4d468fad433522a7 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/Monetra/mstdlib/issues/2 No Types Assigned https://github.com/Monetra/mstdlib/issues/2 Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-284
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:monetra:mstdlib:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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.
Exploit Prediction

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

0.24 }} 0.03%

score

0.64724

percentile

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