CVE-2017-18196

CVSS V2 Low 2.1 CVSS V3 Low 3.3

Description

Leptonica 1.74.4 constructs unintended pathnames (containing duplicated path components) when operating on files in /tmp subdirectories, which might allow local users to bypass intended file restrictions by leveraging access to a directory located deeper within the /tmp directory tree, as demonstrated by /tmp/ANY/PATH/ANY/PATH/input.tif.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2017-18196

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2018-02-23T21:29:00

Last Modified Date
2019-10-03T00:03:26

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-22	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/22.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:leptonica:leptonica:1.74.4:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
2.1

Severity
LOW

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
2.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
LOW

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
LOW

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
3.3

Base Severity
LOW

Exploitability Score
1.8

Impact Score
1.4

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://bugs.debian.org/885704	Mailing List Third Party Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18196
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-18196

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 17:24:30				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 02:41:22	2018-02-23T21:29Z	2018-02-23T21:29:00	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-03 02:41:22		2019-10-03T00:03:26	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-03 02:41:22		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated