CVE-2018-16888

CVSS V2 Low 1.9 CVSS V3 Medium 4.7
Description
It was discovered systemd does not correctly check the content of PIDFile files before using it to kill processes. When a service is run from an unprivileged user (e.g. User field set in the service file), a local attacker who is able to write to the PIDFile of the mentioned service may use this flaw to trick systemd into killing other services and/or privileged processes. Versions before v237 are vulnerable.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-16888
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2019-01-14T22:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-01-31T18:37:18
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-269 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/269.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 237
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:19.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_performance_analytics_services:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:element_software:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 1.9
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.4
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 4.7
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16888 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190307-0007/ Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2091 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5960a34a524848cd722fd7ab7e2227eac10107b0f90d9d1e9c3caa74@%3Cuser.cassandra.apache.org%3E Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4269-1/ Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16888
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16888
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:35:40 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 16:22:50 2019-01-14T22:29Z 2019-01-14T22:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 16:22:50 2022-01-31T18:37:18 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 16:22:50 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated