CVE-2018-16588
SUSE Shadow Privilege Escalation
Description
Privilege escalation can occur in the SUSE useradd.c code in useradd, as distributed in the SUSE shadow package through 4.2.1-27.9.1 for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 (SLE-12) and through 4.5-5.39 for SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 (SLE-15). Non-existing intermediate directories are created with mode 0777 during user creation. Given that they are world-writable, local attackers might use this for privilege escalation and other unspecified attacks. NOTE: this would affect non-SUSE users who took useradd.c code from a 2014-04-02 upstream pull request; however, no non-SUSE distribution is known to be affected.
INFO
Published Date :
Sept. 26, 2018, 10:29 p.m.
Last Modified :
Oct. 3, 2019, 12:03 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2018-16588 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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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-2018-16588.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-09/msg00073.html | Vendor Advisory |
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CVE-2018-16588 vulnerability over time.
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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-264 CWE-264 CWE-732 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Nov. 27, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-09/msg00073.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-09/msg00073.html Vendor Advisory Added CWE CWE-264 Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:suse:shadow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 4.2.1-27.9.1 OR cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:suse:shadow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 4.5-5.39 OR cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-16588 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-2018-16588
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