CVE-2018-1000001
What it is
In glibc 2.26 and earlier there is confusion in the usage of getcwd() by realpath() which can be used to write before the destination buffer leading to a buffer underflow and potential code execution.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited locally on the machine with a low-privilege account. High risk of data exposure, data tampering, service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 13.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS). Higher than most.
- Fix
- No patch or advisory is linked yet. Look at mitigations or restrict exposure.
Timeline
- ReservedThe CVE id was reserved by its CNA
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 13.4% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 7.8 HIGH (CVSS).
- Fix: none linked yet, which raises it.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 13.4% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds write
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Gnu Glibc ≤ 2.26
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux 17.10
- Redhat Virtualization Host 4.0
- Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0
- Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0
Attack profile CVSS 3.0 · 7.8
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Is it in your code?
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References
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q1/38
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102525
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040162
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0805
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190404-0003/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3534-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3536-1/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43775/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44889/
- https://www.halfdog.net/Security/2017/LibcRealpathBufferUnderflow/
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q1/38
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102525
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040162
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0805
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190404-0003/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3534-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3536-1/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43775/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44889/
- https://www.halfdog.net/Security/2017/LibcRealpathBufferUnderflow/