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cveMitreCVE-2017-18018
HistoryJan 04, 2018 - 4:29 a.m.

CVE-2017-18018

2018-01-0404:29:00
CWE-362
mitre
web.nvd.nist.gov
71
cve-2017-18018
gnu coreutils
chown
chgrp
symlink
race condition
posix
nvd

CVSS2

1.9

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

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

CVSS3

4.7

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

AI Score

4.6

Confidence

High

EPSS

0

Percentile

5.1%

In GNU Coreutils through 8.29, chown-core.c in chown and chgrp does not prevent replacement of a plain file with a symlink during use of the POSIX “-R -L” options, which allows local users to modify the ownership of arbitrary files by leveraging a race condition.

Affected configurations

Nvd
Node
gnucoreutilsRange8.29
VendorProductVersionCPE
gnucoreutils*cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS2

1.9

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

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

CVSS3

4.7

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

AI Score

4.6

Confidence

High

EPSS

0

Percentile

5.1%