Oracle Java SE Privilege Escalation Vulnerability-02 (oct2018-4428296) - Linux
🗓️ 17 Oct 2018 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 44 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oracle Java SE 6 < Update 211 / 7 < Update 201 / 8 < Update 191 / 11 < Update 1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (October 2018 CPU) | 2 May 201900:00 | – | nessus | |
| GLSA-201908-10 : Oracle JDK/JRE: Multiple vulnerabilities | 20 Aug 201900:00 | – | nessus | |
| Oracle Java SE Multiple Vulnerabilities (October 2018 CPU) | 19 Oct 201800:00 | – | nessus | |
| Oracle Java SE Multiple Vulnerabilities (October 2018 CPU) (Unix) | 19 Oct 201800:00 | – | nessus | |
| Photon OS 1.0: Openjdk PHSA-2018-1.0-0192 (deprecated) | 29 Oct 201800:00 | – | nessus | |
| Photon OS 1.0: Openjdk PHSA-2018-1.0-0192 | 7 Feb 201900:00 | – | nessus | |
| Photon OS 2.0: Openjdk8 PHSA-2018-2.0-0106 | 7 Feb 201900:00 | – | nessus | |
| RHEL 7 : java-1.8.0-oracle (RHSA-2018:3002) | 25 Oct 201800:00 | – | nessus | |
| RHEL 6 : java-1.8.0-oracle (RHSA-2018:3003) | 25 Oct 201800:00 | – | nessus | |
| Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2018-3209 | 19 Aug 202500:00 | – | nessus |
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.814404");
script_version("2025-09-17T05:39:26+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2018-3209");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.1");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-17 05:39:26 +0000 (Wed, 17 Sep 2025)");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2022-06-27 17:32:00 +0000 (Mon, 27 Jun 2022)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2018-10-17 13:00:17 +0530 (Wed, 17 Oct 2018)");
script_name("Oracle Java SE Privilege Escalation Vulnerability-02 (oct2018-4428296) - Linux");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Oracle Java SE is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw exists due to an error in the
JavaFX component.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow remote attackers
to gain elevated privileges.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Oracle Java SE version 1.8.0 to 1.8.0.182 on Linux.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Apply the appropriate patch from the vendor. Please see the references for more information.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Privilege escalation");
script_dependencies("gb_java_prdts_detect_lin.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("Oracle/Java/JRE/Linux/detected");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
cpe_list = make_list("cpe:/a:oracle:jre", "cpe:/a:oracle:jdk");
if(!infos = get_app_version_and_location_from_list(cpe_list:cpe_list, exit_no_version:TRUE))
exit(0);
vers = infos["version"];
path = infos["location"];
if(version_in_range(version:vers, test_version:"1.8.0", test_version2:"1.8.0.182")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"Apply the patch", install_path:path);
security_message(port:0, data:report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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17 Sep 2025 00:00Current
6.3Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.3
CVSS 25.1
CVSS 3.18.3
EPSS0.02681
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