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CVE-2018-9862

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CVE-2018-9862

Published: Apr 9, 2018

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

util.c in runV 1.0.0 for Docker mishandles a numeric username, which allows attackers to obtain root access by leveraging the presence of an initial numeric value on an /etc/passwd line, and then issuing a "docker exec" command with that value in the -u argument, a similar issue to CVE-2016-3697.

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References

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