Vulnerability Details : CVE-2018-17956
In yast2-samba-provision up to and including version 1.0.1 the password for samba shares was provided on the command line to tools used by yast2-samba-provision, allowing local attackers to read them in the process list
Vulnerability category: Information leak
Products affected by CVE-2018-17956
- cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:yast2-samba-provision:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-17956
0.04%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 6 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2018-17956
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2.1
|
LOW | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
3.9
|
2.9
|
NIST | |
|
3.3
|
LOW | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
1.8
|
1.4
|
SUSE | |
|
7.8
|
HIGH | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
1.8
|
5.9
|
NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2018-17956
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The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.Assigned by:
- meissner@suse.de (Secondary)
- nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2018-17956
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https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1117597
Bug 1117597 – VUL-1: CVE-2018-17956: yast2-samba-provision: passwords exposed in process listIssue Tracking;Third Party Advisory
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