CVE-2018-16888
—CVSS 3.1
4.7 medium
EPSS
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Published
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Modified
Description
It was discovered systemd does not correctly check the content of PIDFile files before using it to kill processes. When a service is run from an unprivileged user (e.g. User field set in the service file), a local attacker who is able to write to the PIDFile of the mentioned service may use this flaw to trick systemd into killing other services and/or privileged processes. Versions before v237 are vulnerable.
- Vendors
- systemd projectcanonicalredhatnetapp
- Products
- systemd, ubuntu linux, enterprise linux, active iq performance analytics services, element software
- Weakness
- CWE-250, CWE-269
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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