High severity · published Jul 9, 2018
CVE-2018-1000622
The Rust Programming Language rustdoc version Between 0.8 and 1.27.0 contains a CWE-427: Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability in rustdoc plugins that can result in local…
7.8
CVSS
1.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Rust Programming Language rustdoc version Between 0.8 and 1.27.0 contains a CWE-427: Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability in rustdoc plugins that can result in local code execution as a different user. This attack appear to be exploitable via using the --plugin flag without the --plugin-path flag. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.27.1.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.8% · higher than 79% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RU
Rust · Rust-lang
0.8 through 1.27.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000622
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1000622
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00076.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00006.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00031.html
groups.google.com
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/rustlang-security-announcements/4ybxYLTtXuM
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-11
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