CVE-2018-15686

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
A vulnerability in unit_deserialize of systemd allows an attacker to supply arbitrary state across systemd re-execution via NotifyAccess. This can be used to improperly influence systemd execution and possibly lead to root privilege escalation. Affected releases are systemd versions up to and including 239.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-15686
  • Assigner
  • security@ubuntu.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-10-26T14:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-01-31T18:27:00
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-502 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/502.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 239
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_cloud_native_core_network_function_cloud_native_environment:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/10519 Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105747 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45714/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-10 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3816-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00017.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2091 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3222 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0593 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1b103833cb5bc8466e24ff0ecc5e75b45a705334ab6a444e64e840a0@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15686
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-15686
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:35:42 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 13:50:22 2018-10-26T14:29Z 2018-10-26T14:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 13:50:22 2022-01-31T18:27:00 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 13:50:22 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated