pcs before version 0.9.164 and 0.10 is vulnerable to a privilege escalation via authorized user malicious REST call. The REST interface of the pcsd service did not properly sanitize the file name from the /remote/put_file query. If the /etc/booth directory exists, an authenticated attacker with write permissions could create or overwrite arbitrary files with arbitrary data outside of the /etc/booth directory, in the context of the pcsd process.
Published 2018-04-12 17:29:00
Updated 2019-10-09 23:38:04
Source Red Hat, Inc.
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: Directory traversalGain privilege

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-1079

0.07%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 27 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2018-1079

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
4.0
MEDIUM AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
8.0
2.9
NIST
6.5
MEDIUM CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
2.8
3.6
NIST
8.7
HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
2.3
5.8
Red Hat, Inc.

CWE ids for CVE-2018-1079

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