Ubuntu.comUB:CVE-2018-8885CVE-2018-8885
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
screenresolution-mechanism in screen-resolution-extra 0.17.2 does not
properly use the PolicyKit D-Bus API, which allows local users to bypass
intended access restrictions by leveraging a race condition via a setuid or
pkexec process that is mishandled in a PolicyKitService._check_permission
call.
| OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | 17.10 | noarch | screen-resolution-extra | < 0.17.1.1 | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 14.04 | noarch | screen-resolution-extra | < 0.17.1.1~14.04.1 | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 16.04 | noarch | screen-resolution-extra | < 0.17.1.1~16.04.1 | UNKNOWN |
Related
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%