CVE-2018-1000001 Information

Description

In glibc 2.26 and earlier there is confusion in the usage of getcwd() by realpath() which can be used to write before the destination buffer leading to a buffer underflow and potential code execution.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q1/38 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102525 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040162 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0805 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190404-0003/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3534-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3536-1/ https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43775/ https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44889/ https://www.halfdog.net/Security/2017/LibcRealpathBufferUnderflow/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8