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CVE-2018-15687

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.

Published

2018-10-26T14:29:00.757

Last Modified

2025-06-09T16:15:28.517

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.0 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.4

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-362
Type: Secondary
CWE-362

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	16.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	18.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	18.10	Yes
Application	systemd_project	systemd	< 240	Yes

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105748 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/10517/commits Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-10 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3816-1/ Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45715/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105748 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/10517/commits Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-10 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3816-1/ Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45715/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)