CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2018-1116

A flaw was found in polkit before version 0.116. The implementation of the polkit_backend_interactive_authority_check_authorization function in polkitd allows to test for authentication and trigger authentication of unrelated processes owned by other users. This may result in a local DoS and information disclosure.

3.6 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 4.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

4.4 /10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 2.5

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/polkit/commit/?id=bc7ffad5364 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1116 Issue Tracking Patch
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3717-2/ Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00042.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-14 Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:polkit_project:polkit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2018-07-10 07:29

Updated : 2020-05-05 04:05

NVD link : CVE-2018-1116

Mitre link : CVE-2018-1116

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-862