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CVE-2018-15687

Published: Oct 26, 2018

Modified: Jun 9, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.0

7.8

HIGH

Description

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.

VendorProductVersions

systemd

systemd

affected
unspecified - <= 239

CVSS v3.0 Details

CVSS v3.0 Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

GLSA-201810-10
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
105748
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
USN-3816-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
45715
exploit
x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

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