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Vulnerability Details : CVE-2018-15687

A race condition in chown_one() of systemd allows an attacker to cause systemd to set arbitrary permissions on arbitrary files. Affected releases are systemd versions up to and including 239.
Publish Date : 2018-10-26 Last Update Date : 2022-01-31
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- CVSS Scores & Vulnerability Types

CVSS Score
6.9
Confidentiality Impact Complete (There is total information disclosure, resulting in all system files being revealed.)
Integrity Impact Complete (There is a total compromise of system integrity. There is a complete loss of system protection, resulting in the entire system being compromised.)
Availability Impact Complete (There is a total shutdown of the affected resource. The attacker can render the resource completely unavailable.)
Access Complexity Medium (The access conditions are somewhat specialized. Some preconditions must be satistified to exploit)
Authentication Not required (Authentication is not required to exploit the vulnerability.)
Gained Access None
Vulnerability Type(s)
CWE ID 362

- Products Affected By CVE-2018-15687

# Product Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language
1 OS Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities
2 OS Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities
3 OS Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities
4 Application Systemd Project Systemd * * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities

- Number Of Affected Versions By Product

Vendor Product Vulnerable Versions
Canonical Ubuntu Linux 3
Systemd Project Systemd 1

- References For CVE-2018-15687

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105748
BID 105748 systemd CVE-2018-15687 Local Security Bypass Vulnerability Release Date:2018-10-26
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3816-1/
UBUNTU USN-3816-1
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45715/
EXPLOIT-DB 45715
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-10
GENTOO GLSA-201810-10
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/10517/commits

- Metasploit Modules Related To CVE-2018-15687

There are not any metasploit modules related to this CVE entry (Please visit www.metasploit.com for more information)
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