CVSS 3.1
7.8 highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2017-18078
systemd-tmpfiles in systemd before 237 attempts to support ownership/permission changes on hardlinked files even if the fs.protected_hardlinks sysctl is turned off, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions via vectors involving a hard link to a file for which the user lacks write access, as demonstrated by changing the ownership of the /etc/passwd file.
Severity
- EPSS
- 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 64% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-59
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- debian:debian_linux
- opensuse:leap
- systemd_project:systemd
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2018-02/msg00109.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/146184/systemd-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/01/29/3
- https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/7736
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E