Description

A race condition in chown_one() of systemd allows an attacker to cause systemd to set arbitrary permissions on arbitrary files. Affected releases are systemd versions up to and including 239.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 26, 2018, 2:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 20, 2023, 6:38 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-15687 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 Systemd_project systemd
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-2018-15687.

URL Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105748 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/10517/commits Patch Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-10 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3816-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45715/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-15687 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 20, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105748 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105748 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 239 OR *cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 235 up to (excluding) 240
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 31, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:systemd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 239 OR *cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 239
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 09, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3 Canonical Ltd. AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 10, 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 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3816-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3816-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/10517/commits No Types Assigned https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/10517/commits Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-10 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-10 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105748 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105748 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45715/ No Types Assigned https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45715/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Added CWE CWE-362
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:systemd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 239
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 13, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3816-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 31, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45715/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-10 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105748 [No Types Assigned]
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Exploit Prediction

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

0.26 }} 0.04%

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0.63257

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