CVE-2018-19788
CVSS V2 High 9
CVSS V3 High 8.8
Description
A flaw was found in PolicyKit (aka polkit) 0.115 that allows a user with a uid greater than INT_MAX to successfully execute any systemctl command.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2018-19788
- Assigner
- cve@mitre.org
- Vulnerability Status
- Modified
- Published Version
- 2018-12-03T06:29:00
- Last Modified Date
- 2019-08-06T17:15:34
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:polkit_project:polkit:0.115:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | 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 |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Access Vector
- NETWORK
- Access Compatibility
- LOW
- Authentication
- SINGLE
- Confidentiality Impact
- COMPLETE
- Integrity Impact
- COMPLETE
- Availability Impact
- COMPLETE
- Base Score
- 9
- Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitability Score
- 8
- Impact Score
- 10
CVSS Version 3
- Version
- 3.0
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Attack Compatibility
- LOW
- Privileges Required
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact
- HIGH
- Availability Impact
- HIGH
- Base Score
- 8.8
- Base Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitability Score
- 2.8
- Impact Score
- 5.9
References
| Reference URL | Reference Tags |
|---|---|
| https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/issues/74 | Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://bugs.debian.org/915332 | Issue Tracking Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4350 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3861-2/ | Third Party Advisory |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3861-1/ | Third Party Advisory |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00021.html | Third Party Advisory |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2046 | |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-14 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3232 |
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19788 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-19788 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 17:39:23 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-03 14:54:18 | 2018-12-03T06:29Z | 2018-12-03T06:29:00 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-03 14:54:18 | 2019-08-06T17:15:34 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-03 14:54:18 | Modified | Vulnerability Status | updated |