CVE-2018-19788
PolicyKit Int32 Wraparound Privilege Escalation
Description
A flaw was found in PolicyKit (aka polkit) 0.115 that allows a user with a uid greater than INT_MAX to successfully execute any systemctl command.
INFO
Published Date :
Dec. 3, 2018, 6:29 a.m.
Last Modified :
Aug. 6, 2019, 5:15 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
2.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2018-19788 has a 11 public PoC/Exploit
available at Github.
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Affected Products
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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-2018-19788
.
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2046 | |
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3232 | |
https://bugs.debian.org/915332 | Issue Tracking Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/issues/74 | Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00021.html | Third Party Advisory |
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-14 | |
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3861-1/ | Third Party Advisory |
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3861-2/ | Third Party Advisory |
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4350 | Third Party Advisory |
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Exploiting The CVE-2018-19788 PolicyKit Bug
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Leveraging CVE-2018-19788 without root shells
Python
Ansible role to check the vulnerability tracked as CVE-2018-19788, impacts PolicyKit version 0.115 which comes pre-installed on a wide range of Linux distributions
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 29, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3232 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 15, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-14 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 06, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2046 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Feb. 05, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4350 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4350 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/issues/74 No Types Assigned https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/issues/74 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00021.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00021.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://bugs.debian.org/915332 No Types Assigned https://bugs.debian.org/915332 Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3861-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3861-1/ Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3861-2/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3861-2/ Third Party Advisory Added CWE CWE-20 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:polkit_project:polkit:0.115:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* *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:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 29, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00021.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 17, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3861-2/ [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3861-1/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 07, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4350 [No Types Assigned]
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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0.60 }} -0.14%
score
0.78400
percentile