CVE-2018-1116

CVSS V2 Low 3.6 CVSS V3 Medium 4.4
Description
A flaw was found in polkit before version 0.116. The implementation of the polkit_backend_interactive_authority_check_authorization function in polkitd allows to test for authentication and trigger authentication of unrelated processes owned by other users. This may result in a local DoS and information disclosure.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-1116
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-07-10T19:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-05-05T16:05:23
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-862 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/862.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:polkit_project:polkit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 0.115
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 3.6
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 4.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • LOW
  • Availability Impact
  • LOW
  • Base Score
  • 4.4
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 2.5
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/polkit/commit/?id=bc7ffad5364 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1116 Issue Tracking Patch
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3717-2/ Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00042.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-14 Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1116
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1116
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:34:12 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 09:39:46 2018-07-10T19:29Z 2018-07-10T19:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 09:39:46 2020-05-05T16:05:23 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 09:39:46 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated